[naturalman1975]

And often exaggerated too - although he certainly isn't as pure as the driven snow and I would not be at all surprised to hear of relationships with women. But there's a big difference between that and sex parties - I would find that surprising, but not astonishing. And I would find it absolutely astonishing if he'd done anything close to illegal. For a start, he's accompanied by a police officer virtually everywhere he goes and while they would turn a blind eye to 'innocent' activities, I would certainly not expect their discretion to extend to anything like this. And there are other people around him to 'protect him from himself' if he even came close to do something this scandalous. I'd have done it myself in certain situations (I never had to, but there are expectations placed on their friends and colleagues). I can't know for certain. I've never been involved in a situation where it actually came up - but it really would astonish me.

It's not just a matter of it being at odds with the behaviour I'd expect of the man - although it is to some extent. It's the other factors involved.

I also wouldn't be expecting the Palace to be so strident in their denials unless they truly knew there wasn't a case. They are going much further than they need to - and their job above all else is to protect the Queen. Her Majesty might not throw her son to the wolves (although if he actually did something like this, I wouldn't honestly put it past her) but the courtiers certainly would if they thought it was needed.

[BunnySlippers]

That was said about Harry as well. Yet he was photographed naked with a naked young woman using him as a shield in Las Vegas.

At the time there was talk about ,”where were his minders?”

[sunrise_sunset]

you are frightfully naive.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

“I also wouldn’t be expecting the Palace to be so strident in their denials unless they truly knew there wasn’t a case.”

Don’t know anything about this case, but when I read your comment I thought of Clinton’s very public denial of Monica..