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THE Sun has explained its decision to publish naked pictures of Prince Harry by saying it fitted in with its long-standing policy of publishing out and out bollocks on its pages.

The pictures of Harry’s naked buttocks, which have already been widely available on the internet, will run in Friday’s edition of the newspaper along with the other usual unconcealed load of arse they print in the Sun.

In a video explaining the decision, the newspaper’s Managing Editor David Dinsmore said the issue of being able to print blatant naked balls in UK newspapers has become one of “the freedom of the Press”.

Millions of people have already viewed the pictures of the Prince on reputable websites around the world and as a publication which specialises in publishing unadulterated poppycock at the drop of a hat we thought the Sun should be able to print pictures of Harry’s unadulterated poppycock too.

But yesterday St James’s Palace sent legal letters to British newspapers urging editors not to use them, saying publication would constitute intrusion into the Prince’s right to privacy when getting drunk with his mates at taxpayers’ expense and shagging any women he picks up in hotel bars.

Mr Dinsmore said the decision to finally run with the pictures a day later wasn’t taken lightly:

This is about the ludicrous situation where a picture of Harry’s love truncheon can be seen by hundreds of millions of people around the world on the internet, but his Captain Winkey and the Tonker Twins can’t be seen in the nation’s favourite paper read by 8 million people every day.

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