Reply-To: "Las Vegas NORML" <lvnorml@yahoo.com> From: "Las Vegas NORML" <lvnorml@yahoo.com> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;> Subject: Harry Pot-er Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 11:55:11 -0800 Organization: Las Vegas NORML MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0007_01C19CF2.520EB9C0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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Prince Harry in Drinking, Drug Flap
LONDON- Police in the western English county where Prince Harry has = admitted illegally drinking and smoking marijuana refused Monday to rule = out legal action against the 17-year-old.=20
Superintendent Mandy Evely of the Wiltshire police said Harry would be = treated "exactly the same way" as any other teen.=20
"One of the newspapers have said they have some sort of dossier of = evidence against him," Evely said. "We will be looking at that and if = there is any evidence on which we can act, then of course we will do = that."=20
Prince Charles has won widespread praise for his reaction when he = learned of his younger son's drug use last summer: He sent Harry to = visit a drug rehabilitation center to talk with recovering addicts.=20
"I think the way that Prince Charles and the royal family have handled = it is absolutely right," Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Sunday.=20
Harry, who was 16 at the time of the incident, admitted drinking with = friends at a pub near his father's Highgrove country estate and smoking = marijuana with friends, the News of the World tabloid reported.=20
Charles' office said the matter was now "closed" but did not dispute the = published account. A royal source confirmed the tabloid's story was = correct.=20
The south London clinic where Harry was sent, Featherston Lodge, = confirmed that the young prince had spent the day there speaking with = patients.=20
The incident is the first public trouble for either of the children of = Charles and Princess Diana, who died in 1997 when Harry was 12, leaving = him and his older brother William in Charles' care.=20
Evely said police would also consider any evidence against the owners of = the Rattlebone Inn pub, where Harry allegedly drank with friends. = Marijuana is illegal in Britain and the drinking age is 18.=20
Harry was back at the prestigious Eton school Monday after spending = Sunday with his father at Highgrove.=20
Bodyguards accompany Harry wherever he goes, although it is unclear = whether they were with him as he drank and smoked.=20
Penny Junor, who has written a biography of Prince Charles, said the = royal family's bodyguards only had the authority to stop the boys from = doing something when it directly affected their safety.=20
"They are there to protect the princes from danger or assassination ... = not from the normal kind of episodes in growing up," Junor said. "They = were partly selected to be brotherly figures rather than fatherly = figures."=20
The prince's scrape made front-page headlines and topped British news = broadcasts over the weekend, but the chairman of the press watchdog = commission warned journalists to be careful of further reporting details = of Harry and William's personal lives.=20
The Press Complaints Commission laid down strict guidelines barring news = outlets from invading the boys' privacy when William finished high = school in 2000.=20
Commission director Guy Black said Harry's scrape was "an exceptional = matter of public interest. But this does not detract in any way from the = tough rules that apply to all children, including Prince Harry, while = they are at school."=20
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> <H1>Prince Harry in Drinking, Drug Flap</H1> <P> <P>LONDON- Police in the western English county where Prince Harry has = admitted=20 illegally drinking and smoking marijuana refused Monday to rule out = legal action=20 against the 17-year-old.=20 <P>Superintendent Mandy Evely of the Wiltshire police said Harry would = be=20 treated "exactly the same way" as any other teen.=20 <P>"One of the newspapers have said they have some sort of dossier of = evidence=20 against him," Evely said. "We will be looking at that and if there is = any=20 evidence on which we can act, then of course we will do that."=20 <P>Prince Charles has won widespread praise for his reaction when he = learned of=20 his younger son's drug use last summer: He sent Harry to visit a drug=20 rehabilitation center to talk with recovering addicts.=20 <P>"I think the way that Prince Charles and the royal family have = handled it is=20 absolutely right," Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Sunday.=20 <P>Harry, who was 16 at the time of the incident, admitted drinking with = friends=20 at a pub near his father's Highgrove country estate and smoking = marijuana with=20 friends, the News of the World tabloid reported.=20 <P>Charles' office said the matter was now "closed" but did not dispute = the=20 published account. A royal source confirmed the tabloid's story was = correct.=20 <P>The south London clinic where Harry was sent, Featherston Lodge, = confirmed=20 that the young prince had spent the day there speaking with patients.=20 <P>The incident is the first public trouble for either of the children = of=20 Charles and Princess Diana, who died in 1997 when Harry was 12, leaving = him and=20 his older brother William in Charles' care.=20 <P>Evely said police would also consider any evidence against the owners = of the=20 Rattlebone Inn pub, where Harry allegedly drank with friends. Marijuana = is=20 illegal in Britain and the drinking age is 18.=20 <P>Harry was back at the prestigious Eton school Monday after spending = Sunday=20 with his father at Highgrove.=20 <P>Bodyguards accompany Harry wherever he goes, although it is unclear = whether=20 they were with him as he drank and smoked.=20 <P>Penny Junor, who has written a biography of Prince Charles, said the = royal=20 family's bodyguards only had the authority to stop the boys from doing = something=20 when it directly affected their safety.=20 <P>"They are there to protect the princes from danger or assassination = ... not=20 from the normal kind of episodes in growing up," Junor said. "They were = partly=20 selected to be brotherly figures rather than fatherly figures."=20 <P>The prince's scrape made front-page headlines and topped British news =
broadcasts over the weekend, but the chairman of the press watchdog = commission=20 warned journalists to be careful of further reporting details of Harry = and=20 William's personal lives.=20 <P>The Press Complaints Commission laid down strict guidelines barring = news=20 outlets from invading the boys' privacy when William finished high = school in=20 2000.=20 <P>Commission director Guy Black said Harry's scrape was "an exceptional = matter=20 of public interest. But this does not detract in any way from the tough = rules=20 that apply to all children, including Prince Harry, while they are at = school."=20 </P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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