Prince Harry Naked: Royal Scandal Brought Las Vegas £14m Worth Of Free Publicity (PICTURES)

Kerching! Prince Harry's Naked Exploits Brought Las Vegas £14m Worth Of Free Publicity
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Prince Harry's privates have been credited with bringing Las Vegas £14m worth of free publicity.

Pictures of the prince naked during a party in his private suite at the MGM Grand hotel went around the world - as did the now legendary tale of Harry's boozy weekend.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has issued a report pointing out the images reached an estimated 154 million people, which is equivalent to one hell of a tourism boost.

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Hope he wore sunscreen: Prince Harry bares his pasty torso in Vegas...before everything

TMZ quoted LVCVA Board Chairman Tom Collins as saying: "God bless Prince Harry. He made us a bunch of money."

While the agency is unable to say how much the scandal boosted profits by, it has no doubt it had a positive effect on the Las Vegas economy.

Were he not already a minted member of the royal family, the prince has had the opportunity to line his own pockets too off the back of the incident.

Playgirl and The Chippendales were so impressed with the crown jewels they want a second look – and they’re prepared to pay big bucks for the privilege.

Playgirl publisher Vincent Stevens told E!: “There’s no way in the world that he would ever consider this, but you’re talking about numbers in the six figures right off the bat.

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The prince appears to have become an unofficial patron of Las Vegas

“He’s a wild party guy. He’s appealing to a lot of people because, although he’s from the royal family, there’s sort of this untamed nature to him.”

Meanwhile The Chippendales are also trying to recruit the naked prince, with a Las Vegas spokesman telling TMZ: "Chippendales at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino are reaching out to the royalty to gauge his interest in being our next guest host.

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Even if the prince refuses legitimate offers to disrobe, oil up and gyrate in public - there could be more leaked nudity on the way. TMZ reports there were "several" girls taking pictures on their mobile phones during the night in question.

Of the pictures already doing the rounds, a friend of Harry's has described the girl who sold them as "despicable".

Arthur Landon, who was on holiday with the prince, told The Daily Telegraph the publication of the pictures had "put a real dampener" on the trip, and that the girl in question had abused his hospitality.

Landon believes the culprit was "one of the bikini-clad girls who attended the party" and insisted the prince's friends were "really careful" not to betray him.

Until then no papers in the UK had used them following a request from St James's Palace, made via the press watchdog, to respect Harry's privacy.

The Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid said it was carrying the pictures so the millions of people who get their news in print or have no internet access could "take a full part in that national conversation".

The Sun managing editor David Dinsmore said the paper had "thought long and hard" about whether to use the pictures and said it was an issue of freedom of the press rather than because it was moralising about Harry's actions.

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Prince Harry Through The Years!
October 1991 at the World Cup in Wales(01 of73)
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March 1994 on a ski trip to Austria(02 of73)
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August 1995 at the V-J Day Celebrations with Diana(03 of73)
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September 1995 at Eton College(04 of73)
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January 1996 in Switzerland (05 of73)
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November 1997 in South Africa(06 of73)
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November 1997 at a Spice Girls Concert in South Africa(07 of73)
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March 1998 on a visit to Vancouver(08 of73)
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March 2002 in Switzerland (09 of73)
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September 2002 at the English Premier League Soccer Club West Ham United(10 of73)
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September 2003 at the Sydney's Taronga Zoo(11 of73)
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July 2004 at the St. Jame's Palace Polo Day Charity Match in Tetbury, England(12 of73)
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September 2004 playing rugby in Walsall, England(13 of73)
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March 2005 at Prince Charles and Camilla's Wedding in Windsor, England(14 of73)
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July 2005 at Cartier Cup at Guards Polo Club in Windsor Great Park, England(15 of73)
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July 2005 at a Polo Match in Cirencester, England(16 of73)
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November 2005 training for the Army in England(17 of73)
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May 2006 at the Annual Parade and Service of the Combined Cavarly 'Old Comrades' Association in London, England(18 of73)
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April 2007 at the Cricket World Cup in Antigua (19 of73)
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October 2007 at the Royal Navy's squadron in Portsmouth, England (20 of73)
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January 2008 in Afghanistan (21 of73)
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February 2008 playing rugby in Afghanistan (22 of73)
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March 2008 returning from Afghanistan in Oxfordshire, southern England(23 of73)
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May 2009 at a Children's School Dance in Harlem, New York(24 of73)
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May 2009 at the Veuve Clicquot Manhattan Polo Classic Match(25 of73)
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May 2010 with girlfriend Chelsy Davy at a graduation ceremony in Middle Wallop, England(26 of73)
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June 2010 in combat simulation at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York(27 of73)
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June 2010 in the remote village of Semongkong, Lesotho(28 of73)
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June 2010 at the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic Match in New York(29 of73)
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July 2010 at the Canine Partners Organization in Midhurst, United Kingdom (30 of73)
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July 2010 at a Royal Wedding in Abergavenny, Wales(31 of73)
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July 2010 at the Asprey World Class Cup in Ewhurst, United Kingdom(32 of73)
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November 2010 at the Royal British Legion Field of Remembrance in Wootton Bassett, England(33 of73)
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April 2011 at the Royal Wedding(34 of73)
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April 2011 at the Royal Wedding(35 of73)
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May 2011 in training for an expedition on an Island near the Norwegian mainland and the North Pole(36 of73)
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June 2011 at the Founder's Day Parade in London, England (37 of73)
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July 2011 at Zara Phillips & Mike Tindall's wedding(38 of73)
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August 2011 after cousin Zara Phillip's wedding weekend(39 of73)
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September 2011 at the BGC Partners' Charity Day in London, England(40 of73)
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December 2011(41 of73)
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February 2012 visiting RAF Honington(42 of73)
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March 2012 during a royal visit to Belize (43 of73)
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March 2012 during a royal visit to Belize (44 of73)
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March 2012 during a royal visit to the Bahamas (45 of73)
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March 2012 during a royal visit to Jamaica (46 of73)
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March 2012 during a royal visit to Jamaica (47 of73)
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March 2012 during a royal visit to Jamaica (48 of73)
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March 2012 during a royal visit to Jamaica (49 of73)
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March 2012 during a royal visit to Brazil (50 of73)
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March 2012 during a royal visit to Brazil (51 of73)
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March 2012 playing polo for the Sentebale team at the Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup (52 of73)
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March 2012 during the national anthem ahead of the RBS 6 Nations match between England and Ireland at Twickenham Stadium(53 of73)
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March 2012 at the thanksgiving service for the late Queen Mother and Princess Margaret(54 of73)
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April 2012 presenting trophies at the Virgin London Marathon(55 of73)
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April 2012 outside a restaurant in London (56 of73)
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May 2012 at the Atlantic Council 2012 Annual Awards Dinner(57 of73)
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May 2012 at the Audi Polo Challenge (58 of73)
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May 2012 at a Sovereign's Jubilee Lunch hosted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II(59 of73)
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June 2012 at Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Procession (60 of73)
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June 2012 visiting Prince Philip in the hospital (61 of73)
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June 2012 at the wedding of Emily McCorquodale and James Hutt(62 of73)
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June 2012 Trooping The Colour (63 of73)
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June 2012 Trooping The Colour (64 of73)
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June 2012 at the Beaufort Polo Club (65 of73)
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July 2012 at the European premiere of "The Dark Knight Rises" (66 of73)
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July 2012(67 of73)
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July 2012(68 of73)
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August 2012(70 of73)
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