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Kate Middleton Strikes Back, Sues Closer Magazine Over Topless Paparazzi Photos

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12:59 pm, September 14th, 2012

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Kate Middleton and Prince William have filed a lawsuit against Closer magazine, the French publication that printed paparazzi photos of a topless Middleton.

St. James’ Palace has released a statement declaring that “legal proceedings for breach of privacy have been commenced today in France” by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

The precise terms of the lawsuit have not been revealed.

The royals had hinted at taking action against Closer earlier on Friday, when reps revealed that Kate and William were “saddened” by the shameless, invasive shots, showing Middleton sunbathing with her husband while vacationing at a private residence in the South of France.

A palace official added that “a line has been crossed” with the publication of the photos.

“Their Royal Highnesses had every expectation of privacy in the remote house. It is unthinkable that anyone should take such photographs, let alone publish them,” said an official at St. James’ Palace. “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.”

Diana, William’s mother, died in a car crash precipitated by paparazzi — in France — in 1997.

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  • MKB

    Good for you Kate!

  • Frank

    There really is not fighting back once the photos are out. Yes they might win a law suit or have the court block them from release. But it appears to be a bit to late in the case of the ones already released.

  • Jennifer

    They can make them feel the pain monetarily. The court can also charge the magazine with the responsibility of cleaning up after themselves going forward. That is to say, they will be responsible, in perpetuity, for searching out copies and pulling them down when found, with stiff fines attached if they shirk. They will need to staff a department to do it. It would be a long term expensive exercise and the sum of all, including damages, would certainly give other publications pause in future.

  • Claire

    I tell everyone….the camera never blinks…so unfortunante but a lesson to be learned by all of us. She’s way too highly profiled to take chances.

  • Leesa

    No, she has every right to expect privacy and freedom. The only ones who you would have expected the learn a lesson would be the paparazzi. Do they wish to murder another Princess? Famous people or people in the public eye still have just as much right to freedom and privacy then any other person. It’s not okay. Diana died at the hands of the paparazzi, who were still snapping pictures of her when she was dying in a car crash that they caused. It should be illegal! How many others have to die or have a family member die at the hands of the paparazzi. How many more children need to be stalked at school for the price of a picture. The law needs to change!

  • vanese

    Paps everywhere are getting crazier by the minute. They would do anything. I wish that all people who have been involved in tabloids and privacy invaded by the paps sue nationally and internationally all at one time. Thanks for suing the trashy tabloids out there. They are ridiculous. People would raise hell about little things, but you don’t see them raising hell about how the tabloids and paps are invading people’s privacy.

  • chinoise

    Kate and Will should sue their pants off! See how the paparazzi like being exposed in public for their idiocy, their lack of ethical media behavior, and just for their shamelessness. Close the Closer.

  • http://twitter.com/MarlynDThomas Marlyn D. Thomas

    People would raise hell about little things, but you don’t see them raising hell about how the tabloids and paps are invading people’s privacy...A1Job.notlong.com

  • Anonymous

    Agreed! You go get ‘em Kate!

  • Claire

    No. My opinion stands. We are all entitled to one.

  • kk

    I hope they get sue and goes broke …. that includes those stupid paps … that will teach them a lesson, stop invading people’s privacy.

  • james

    She is entitled to privacy but so is everyone. These photos are invasive but many celebrities, and ordinary people, have had to put up with far worse intrusions. The same rules should apply to everyone – no special cases. The coverage of this royal story is completely over the top, as usual.

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