Lawsuit over paparazzi photos of Kate Middleton topless starts in France
The lawsuit over paparazzi photos of Kate Middleton topless started in France. The lawyers representing the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge demand 1.6 million in damages and invoking the death of Princess Diana.
The trial centers around a series of pictures showing the duchess on a 2012 vacation with Prince William in Provence, France. The photos sparked controversy with the French mass-media when two magazine “Closer” and newspaper “La Provence” published them.
Prosecutors said “significant fines” should be paid for invading the privacy of the Royal Family.
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Attorneys also read aloud a statement from William, who said he was particularly hurt by the incident because of its similarities to the 1997 death of his mother, Princess Diana, in a car crash while being pursued by photographers in Paris.
The palace had similarly referenced Diana in its 2012 response to the photos’ publication.
“The incident is reminiscent of the worst excesses of the press and paparazzi during the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, and all the more upsetting to the Duke and Duchess for being so,” the Kensington Palace said at the time. “Their Royal Highnesses had every expectation of privacy in the remote house. It is unthinkable that anyone should take such photographs, let alone publish.”
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