Anyone read anything about how its possible to do a show like this, when I'm impersonating someone is illegal? Don't get me wrong, I very much enjoyed the hilarity of this show, but found myself always wondering how they got away with it. I did a search to look for any "royal response" to it but found nothing.
shareWell, you got to understand how the laws for for impersonating a person or a police officer. First, all the girls on the show sign a contract to agree to follow rules and keep quite about what goes on the show for sometime after it ends. Second, all the area that they shot the pay for filming location fee. Third, they didn't try to fool the government or law enforcement to make a crime.
The royal would most likely not response to something like this. They have other things to deal with.
He's acting, not impersonating. It is a matter of intent. If he were on the street and tried to pass himself off as Prince Harry and used that for some illicit purpose (like getting out of a traffic ticket or something) then he would be "impersonating".
No one who plays a police officer on a TV show is charged with impersonating a police officer, which is a crime. Because of context. If that same actor wore his TV uniform on the street and pulled over a motorist, then he's impersonating.
At one point the butler did say he was indeed Prince Harry. I thought that would be crossing the line. It's probably unethical, but not illegal. If the women were in the States, they would probably sue for fraud unless they did sign a contract saying they couldn't.
shareAt one point the butler did say he was indeed Prince Harry. I thought that would be crossing the line. It's probably unethical, but not illegal. If the women were in the States, they would probably sue for fraud unless they did sign a contract saying they couldn't.
It sounds like work was involved trying to sell beers. They should have just gave out free raffle tickets. Then, perhaps people would take their "April Fool's" joke better.
shareNothing illegal happened. They never said one way or another for the first half of the series about who this guy was. It was intentionally ambiguous. Then when the "butler" said who it was, they didn't use the real title of Prince Harry knowing that of course those American girls wouldn't know the difference. The show is also titled I Wanna Marry "Harry", so the quotation marks also show that it isn't really him. I'm sure they were more than careful not to break any impersonation laws.
shareYou can get away with anything if you class it as a parody. Maybe they did that
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