A British newspaper has issued an apology to Harry Styles after publishing a photo purporting to be nude images of the singer.

The One Direction man was the subject of a naked photo scandal when the Daily Star published what they said was a compromising picture of Styles in May.

However, the image was doctored and this has prompted the publication to apologise.

They said: "We said that Harry Styles of One Direction had posted explicit photos of himself online and we published one of them.

"In fact, the pictures had been Photoshopped and were fake. They were not posted by Harry Styles and were not pictures of him. We apologise to Harry for any embarrassment and distress our article may have caused."

One Direction meanwhile will release their new album 'FOUR' on November 17.

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