Aer Lingus stages semi-naked parade in London
Sightseers were given an eyeful today when hundreds of people stripped off beside a top English tourist attraction.
Men and women of various shapes and ages disrobed at Jubilee Gardens next to the London Eye in the capital, relying on strategically placed “shamrocks” to protect their modesty.
The stunt was carried out to launch Aer Lingus’s new £9.99 (€10.78) “no hidden extras” fare from Gatwick.
The offer for flights to new European destinations, including Vienna and Munich, begins on April 6.
Organisers hoped to attract 999 volunteers but the Metropolitan Police – who were “in attendance to ensure that the law was not broken” – said there were about two or three hundred.
The volunteers, who received two free return flights for taking part, gathered at Albert Embankment and marched along the South Bank until they reached the Jubilee Gardens at the foot of the London Eye.
Aer Lingus corporate affairs director Enda Corneille said: “We had a police visit this morning where we were warned that if any of the participants were completely nude, they would be liable to a fine for indecent exposure.
“However, once out of site of the cautious police, many of the participants ignored police warnings and stripped off for the bewildered, but eager, onlooking crowds, who captured the event on their camera phones.”
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