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Thursday August 23, 2012

By Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator, Thursday August 23, 2012

Prince Harry’s latest on-camera escapade

Prince Harry has been caught on camera doing something embarrassing — again.

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Celebrity gossip website TMZ on Tuesday posted photos of the 27-year-old royal cavorting nude with an unidentified woman in a VIP suite in Las Vegas. It’s hardly the first time the prince — who allegedly disrobed as part of a game of strip pool — has been filmed misbehaving. The third-in-line to the throne was famously photographed wearing a Nazi uniform for a costume party, and in another photo-gaffe he was seen cupping the breast of a female TV presenter. Some would argue footage in which he was heard to utter a racial slur while teasing a fellow army cadet from Pakistan was more serious.

If the reaction of Britons to Harry’s Las Vegas adventure was anything to go by, the nude photos will do little to tarnish his generally positive, party-prince image. The Associated Press asked an assortment of royal watchers and British subjects about what they thought about the prince’s naked romp.

The blurry, low-resolution photographs appear to have been snapped from inside a hotel suite, and it isn’t clear that the prince was aware that they were being taken.

That could be a violation of the royal’s privacy. It might also explain why Britain’s scandal-hungry tabloids – normally avid consumers of titillating photos – were steering clear of the images. Shirley Ashard, a caregiver, said the only outrage she could muster was against the photographer.

“That’s out of order,” she said. “How would you like it if someone took pictures of you in your hotel room?” (Source: CTV News) 

 

Saturday May 8, 1999

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator Ð Saturday May 8, 1999 What Next? Buff Beach Bid Before Aldermen Sun Worshippers Seek City Blessing Michael Baldasaro and Walter Tucker provide a peek at what's in store if Hamilton grants their bid for a clothing-optional beach.Dateline: Text: Hamilton has had a bad case of Toronto-envy for years, but is it worth baring all at the beach to keep up with the megacity down the highway?It's a question that may get more than a passing glance in the next few weeks as city council members try to deal -- straight-faced -- with an unusual request from an unusual duo. Walter Tucker and Michael Baldasaro, pot-smoking, self-proclaimed ministers in t he Church of the Universe and seekers of the decriminalization of marijuana, want the city to designate a clothing-optional beach at Bayfront Park. We're talking naked sun-worshippers here. The law says women are free to go topless outdoors in Ontario, but the idea of a nude beach is pretty strong stuff in Hamilton, where women may not swim topless or breastfeed in city-owned swimming pools. "This is not a sexual thing, it's just a natural thing, " said Baldasaro, a past mayoral candidate who has served a total of about two years in jail for various marijuana-related convictions. "Lots of families like to do it together. We're family people.Ó Tucker points to a changes in Toronto as support for the duo's quest for hassle-free nude sunbathing. "People in Toronto have officially been recognized and provided the right to have a place to sunbathe without those strap-marks, which are gross indications of being ashamed of your body, " he said. "We want that same right, without curiosity seekers and people trying to take pictures.Ó Ward 3 Alderman Bernie Morelli, who chairs the city's parks and recreation committee, says the Toronto connection is a bit of a stretch. "We're not the same as Toronto, nor do we want to be, " he said. "It's my personal view there is no such p

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Saturday May 8, 1999

What Next? Buff Beach Bid Before Aldermen Sun Worshippers Seek City Blessing

Michael Baldasaro and Walter Tucker provide a peek at what’s in store if Hamilton grants their bid for a clothing-optional beach.Dateline: Text: Hamilton has had a bad case of Toronto-envy for years, but is it worth baring all at the beach to keep up with the megacity down the highway?It’s a question that may get more than a passing glance in the next few weeks as city council members try to deal — straight-faced — with an unusual request from an unusual duo.

Walter Tucker and Michael Baldasaro, pot-smoking, self-proclaimed ministers in t he Church of the Universe and seekers of the decriminalization of marijuana, want the city to designate a clothing-optional beach at Bayfront Park.

We’re talking naked sun-worshippers here.

The law says women are free to go topless outdoors in Ontario, but the idea of a nude beach is pretty strong stuff in Hamilton, where women may not swim topless or breastfeed in city-owned swimming pools.

“This is not a sexual thing, it’s just a natural thing, ” said Baldasaro, a past mayoral candidate who has served a total of about two years in jail for various marijuana-related convictions. “Lots of families like to do it together. We’re family people.”

Tucker points to a changes in Toronto as support for the duo’s quest for hassle-free nude sunbathing.

“People in Toronto have officially been recognized and provided the right to have a place to sunbathe without those strap-marks, which are gross indications of being ashamed of your body, ” he said. “We want that same right, without curiosity seekers and people trying to take pictures.”

Ward 3 Alderman Bernie Morelli, who chairs the city’s parks and recreation committee, says the Toronto connection is a bit of a stretch.

“We’re not the same as Toronto, nor do we want to be, ” he said. “It’s my personal view there is no such public beach required in this community at this time.”

Bayfront Park is in Ward 2 and both ward aldermen don’t see nude sunbathing coming to a beach near you.

“It’s obviously not going to happen — anyone can ask for anything they want, but it doesn’t mean they’ll get it, ” Corsini said bluntly. “It’s a most inappropriate spot for nude sunbathing. This is a family park.”

Wardmate Andrea Horwath isn’t sure what kind of public support there may — or may not — be for a nude beach.

“This has never come up before and the current situation may be a way of finding out what the public perception is in our community, ” she said. “Other Canadian cities have designated areas but I’m not sure it’s appropriate in Hamilton.” (Source: Hamilton Spectator)