Under the guise of an article criticising the Sun's decision to publish naked photos of Prince Harry - a move Mrs Mensch has defended - the MP for Mid Bedfordshire launched a wide-ranging attack on her party colleague.

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Looking at the sun with the naked eye can cause blindness.

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The BBC, Britain's publicly-funded broadcaster, also said it did not plan to publish the grainy images -- and it broadcast footage of The Sun's front page with the photo of the naked prince backed out.

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The Sun newspaper's decision to print naked photographs of Prince Harry has prompted about 3, 600 complaints to the Press Complaints Commission (PCC).

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The Sun was the only British newspaper to print the naked pictures of Prince Harry, defying a warning by Clarence House that they breached his privacy.

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The Sun has become the first British newspaper to publish the photos of a naked Prince Harry taken in Las Vegas.

BBC: Prince Harry naked Vegas photos published by Sun

While a total eclipse is safe enough for the naked eye, gazing directly at a partial eclipse -- even one in which 99% of the sun is covered -- is a definite no-no.

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In Friday's Sun, under the headline "Heir it is", the paper says: "Pic of naked Harry you've already seen on the internet".

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