In the past, sunbathers tanning their entire bodies was a typical sight in Fraisthorpe, East Yorkshire. However, a series of dogging incidents led to a council ban in 1994. Police choppers even went to spy on disrobed rule-breakers After almost 30 years of fight, nudists will now be allowed to go naked on the beach after East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s lease was returned to the Crown Estate.
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King Charles lifts the ban on nudists going naked
Naked tourists will now be allowed to hang out again in a 1 km stretch of sand. According to The Sun, new guidance on behalf of King said nudity was ‘not expressly permitted’ but was ‘not prohibited’ either.
A naked rambler Peter Whitehead said:
Sensible people like King Charles realise there’s nothing wrong with simple public nudity.
There should never have been a ban in the first place because doggers and naturists are not one and the same.
Another rambler added:
True naturists are a sensible lot who take a pragmatic approach to situations. We are always mindful of potentially upsetting others.
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Fraisthorpe and nudist rules
Crown estate owns Fraisthorpe since 1760 and it was a nudist beach for 40 years before the ban before becoming popular with families and dog walkers. Andrew Welsh of British Naturism insisted that despite issues at Fraisthorpe, naturists ‘simply want to get an all-over tan in the company of like-minded people.’ Nudity was banned at Holkham, Norfolk, in 2013 after complaints about swingers became frequent in the region.
Naturism is lawful in the UK unless it causes ‘alarm, harassment or distress.’ Meaning, in England and Wales, it is not illegal to strip off in public, but it does become illegal if it can be established that the person did so with the goal to shock and upstage others and this must be demonstrated by the plaintiff.
Crown Prosecution Service said:
A balance needs to be struck between the naturist's right to freedom of expression and the right of the wider public to be protected from harassment, alarm and distress.
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The Sun: King Charles lifts ban on nudists going naked on one of his beaches
