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"The decision by the majority of British newspapers not to immediately publish photos of Prince Harry naked is a sign that they have been &amp;quot;neutered&amp;quot; by the Leveson Inquiry, according to one former tabloid editor.  Neil Wallis, the former executive editor of the News of the World, said that he would have happily published the photos before the judge-led inquiry was launched into media ethics last year.    In the end, it was US celebrity gossip website TMZ that ran the images of Harry naked while on holiday in Las Vegas. Wallis, who was arrested last year on suspicion of phone hacking but has not been charged, said that the papers were now &amp;quot;terrified of their own shadow&amp;quot;, and would resist printing pictures even if they thought it was in the public interest.  Speaking on BBC Two&amp;#039;s Newsnight programme, Wallis said: &amp;quot;The situation is fun, it&amp;#039;s a good, classic newspaper situation, the problem is in this post-Leveson era where newspapers are simply terrified of their own shadow, they daren&amp;#039;t do things that most of the country, if they saw it in the newspaper, would think, &amp;#039;That&amp;#039;s a bit of a laugh&amp;#039;. There would be no harm done and they would not think any worse of either the paper or of Prince Harry.&amp;quot; Wallis claimed that the public interest was clear because Harry is royal, in the public eye and supposed to be &amp;quot;surrounded by police officers&amp;quot;.   He said that the situation was &amp;quot;fine if you were my 27-year-old son, but this is the third in line to the throne&amp;quot;. Since his inquiry was set up last year, Lord Justice Leveson has heard testimony from celebrities, politicians and media figures on the state of UK press ethics and standards following the phone hacking affair.  This has, at times, included some highly critical statements on particularly the conduct of the tabloid papers and their journalists. However, former The Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie said that the Harry nude photos would have made a &amp;quot;fantastic&amp;quot; story that any newspaper journalist worth their salt would have jumped at immediately.  He also feels that there is no damage in running the images.   &amp;quot;It doesn&amp;#039;t affect Prince Harry at all, because in a way he is a 28-year-old (sic) army officer, he is single and he is cavorting with ladies who wish to be cavorted with,&amp;quot; he told Newsnight. &amp;quot;So where are the issues? There are no issues except one: Leveson.&amp;quot; But broadcaster Vanessa Feltz, who believes she was a victim of phone hacking, said that it is about time that the media had its &amp;quot;moral awakening&amp;quot;.  &amp;quot;If there is some kind of moral awakening then it&amp;#039;s about damn time because there are too many people whose lives have been played fast and loose with for nothing more than a bit of titillation over your Frosties,&amp;quot; she said on the programme.  After TMZ published the photos, they were picked up by various websites in the US and UK.  Irish newspaper the Evening Herald was first to publish the photos on its front page for last night&amp;#039;s (August 22) edition. Several UK tabloid papers, including The Sun, have run the story on their front pages today.  Prince Harry&amp;#039;s wild antics so far:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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