Prince Harry isn't the only famous Harry from Great Britain who likes to get naked in front of people he barely knows. One Direction's Harry Styles, 18, has said in many interviews that he likes to get naked as much as possible. But after Prince Harry's embarrassing nude photo scandal, in which the pictures were leaked of a fully naked Prince Harry at a drunken party in Las Vegas, sources say that Styles has become more paranoid about where he gets naked.
Styles is the biggest partier and biggest flirt in "X Factor" U.K. boy band One Direction, and he has become a regular in London's party/nightclub scene. According to various reports from eyewitnesses and tabloids, it's not unusual for Styles to get drunk in public. (In the United Kingdom, the minimum legal age to drink alcohol is 18 years old.) Sources say that Styles is a classic case of an extrovert who has exhibitionist tendencies. Mix that with getting drunk and you have a potential nude photo scandal.
It is widely believed that the person who leaked the naked Prince Harry photos to tabloid website TMZ (which no doubt paid a large sum of money for the pictures) was one of the women who was seen partying with Prince Harry and his male friends on that fateful night.
Even before the Prince Harry scandal broke, Styles had been lectured and strongly advised by close friends and business associates to be more cautious about where he gets naked. But now that the Prince Harry nude scandal has become a publicity nightmare for the British Royal Family, sources say that Styles has become more paranoid about being around people who might secretly take photos of him when he's naked. (Styles has said in interviews that he likes to sleep naked too.)
Here are some notorious stories about Styles getting naked:
The five members of One Direction have said in many interviews that during one of their first meetings as a group, Styles insisted that they all get naked to break the ice.
Ed Sheeran, a close friend and musical collaborator of One Direction, said in an Australian radio interview that he once shared a car ride with One Direction, and much to his surprise, Styles randomly got naked in the car. Sheeran added that Styles is very well-endowed and "packing heat."
Several "X Factor" U.K. contestants from 2010 have told stories to the media of seeing Styles walking around naked at the place where "X Factor" contestants stayed during the competition that year. (One Direction came in third place on "The X Factor" U.K. in 2010.)
"The Xtra Factor" co-host Olly Murs (who came in second place on "The X Factor" U.K. in 2009, and who has become a friend to One Direction) has said in interviews that he has also seen Styles naked at random moments.
In 2010, One Direction was known mostly in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In 2011, On Direction became more widely known in other countries, largely because of social media and the Internet. In 2012, One Direction's popularity really exploded, and the group became world-famous. Every time the members of One Direction go out in public, they are usually followed by fans and paparazzi. Many of those fans take photos or video footage with their phones or other mobile devices.
Styles isn't the only member of One Direction to get naked in public (there are also plenty of stories members of One Direction streaking as a prank), but Styles is the most popular and most recognizable member of One Direction, so he has had the most to deal with in in terms of this kind of attention and scrutiny. And that's why sources say Styles in particular has been spooked by the Prince Harry scandal because Styles knows that he has been in similar naked circumstances that could have turned out very differently if someone had leaked photos that were secretly taken in those circumstances.
So what does that mean to One Direction fans? Styles is going to become more secretive about his love life. At celebrity events and nightclubs, he will be more likely to sequester himself away in high-security VIP areas instead of mingling with the public. When he has people over at his home or hotel rooms, or when he's visiting friends, he's going to be more paranoid about who might secretly take photos of him. Security measures on One Direction's next tours will be tighter, and people allowed in One Direction's dressing rooms will be more heavily screened, searched and scrutinized.
Even though the guys in One Direction are adults and aren't exactly angels, the group overall still has a teen-idol image to maintain. If any nude photos were leaked of Styles or any other member of One Direction, it would tarnish that image, which fuels the One Direction moneymaking machine.
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