Royal Scandal : Prince Harry to face wrath of Queen when he returns to England after naked photos from Vegas strip-pool romp surface

The Sun Cover at 24th Agust 2012

Prince Harry flew back to England late Tuesday to face a dressing down from his grandmother, the Queen, over photos of the naked noble cavorting around a pool table with some equally uninhibited women in a game of strip billiards that surfaced on TMZ.com.

Sources told the gossip site that Harry and friends invited a bevy of beauties up to his VIP suite at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino last Friday.

A round of strip pool erupted, and apparently everyone lost.

One photo shows Harry in the buff being embraced from behind by a topless woman, while another has him pulling the same move on a nude lass next to the pool table.

Before boarding a London-bound flight from Los Angeles, the red-faced royal still made time to hug a mysterious blonde woman as a photographer snapped pictures.

Reached for comment, Clarence House, Harry's official residence and household, told the Daily News that Harry was “on a private holiday and due back in the UK soon.”

The prince, who is set to resume his military duties upon his return to the United Kingdom, could face censure or be reprimanded by the Army for "social misbehavior," military experts told London's Telegraph.

Security for the Royal Family costs almost $189 million a year, former Metropolitan Police head of protection Dai Davies told the Daily Telegraph.

British taxpayers are “paying huge amounts of money for this young man to be followed everywhere he goes by security," Davies said of the hard-partying prince. “But on the other hand, [royals] have to have a life."

Davies described Harry, 27, as “a young man with lots of testosterone,” but said there is a delicate balance for royals on holiday

"Occasionally that balance slips," he admitted. "There's a responsibility on the person being secured as well as those trying to protect him."

A poll on TMZ, however, showed that Harry seems to be more popular than ever among Americans. Sixty eight percent of the 415,000 respondents called the prince "awesome," compared to 32 percent who found him "disgraceful."

The same weekend Harry was caught nude by the pool table, he took on U.S. Olympic swimming champ Ryan Lochte in a boozy impromptu race in a pool full of bikini-clad women.

As in his game of strip billiards, Harry lost the race.

The third in line to the throne of England had some mellower moments on his Vegas trip. As he and his entourage lounged by the MGM Grand’s pool, one witness told People that the prince was approached by bathing beauties throughout the day, but he preferred to toss a beach ball around with his pals.

"He talked to them briefly, but he didn't really center his attention on anyone," the source said. "He definitely loved the attention, but he looked to be a gentleman with all the women."

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