The head of Great Britain, King Charles, aka Charles III, and son of Elizabeth II, allowed nudists to freely undress on the country’s beach, as he believes that there is nothing wrong with public nudity. The law has been in effect since the 1990s.
The change in the decree aroused great interest and discussion in the society. We are not talking about all the coastlines of a European country, but only about the village of Freisthorp and a 1 km stretch of beach on the North Sea, where tourists freely sunbathed naked in the last century.
The history of the nudity ban
In 1994, the local council asked beachgoers to cover up their obscene places because often received complaints from tourists about sexual harassment. A decree was passed and the nudist stretch of the coast, which had remained so for 40 years, ceased to be a place for undressing. Recently, the highly popular beach, which has been owned by the Crown Estate since 1760, was leased back by King Charles, and a new guideline in his name stated that public nudity was no longer strictly prohibited. Society has reacted differently to this change, as the beach is now popular with families and dog walkers.
How nudists and those who are against free morals will get along
One of the lovers of swimming and sunbathing without clothes, 67-year-old Peter Whitehead supported King Charles and spoke about his love for nudism, stating the following: “Reasonable people, such as King Charles, understand that there is nothing wrong with simple public nudity. There shouldn’t have been a ban at all, because doggers (people who practice sex in public places) and naturists are not the same thing.
However, the locals, who have become accustomed to the new status of the beach for almost 30 years, are worried that now vacationers will start undressing without worrying about who is next to them at that moment. Moreover, in the UK, it is possible to prosecute a naked person in only one case – if the plaintiff proves that the person completely took off his clothes in public to shock others.