The naked truth is nudity doesn't hurt

I'm OK with naked protests. It's a peaceful way of making a point. And after all, there's nothing more natural than the human body and showing it off hurts no one. Yet, it offends public decency and so becomes a high impact form of protest, guaranteed to generate headlines.

The most recent example concerns His Royal Highness Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales, who was photographed partying like it was 1999 in Las Vegas. Pics of the prince barely covering his crown jewels caused ructions in the British establishment and, as is customary on these occasions, the country's press was muzzled and prevented from publishing the offending shots - though they were online for anyone to see.

While Harry wasn't protesting anything - indeed he hasn't got anything to complain about - his fans adopted the power of social networking to show their support for the 27-year-old who is third in line to the throne.