Kate Middleton Topless Scandal: Royal Couple Wins Legal Victory Against French Magazine
Stop the presses!
A court in France ruled in favor of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today about those disputed nude sunbathing photos of Kate Middleton that will prevent future publication in a French tabloid.
The Paris-area court granted the royal couple an injunction that orders Closer magazine to surrender all the topless photos of Kate Middleton in 24 hours or cough up a large fine.
ABC News has the details on the royal couple’s legal win:
Under the court order, Closer magazine, which first published the photos Friday of the Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing alongside husband Prince William at a private chateau while on vacation, must turn in all digital copies of the photos by noon Wednesday, must not print the photos further and will face a $12,000 fine each time it defies the ruling.
This is just one of several pending legal skirmishes about the Kate Middleton photos. In addition to an invasion of privacy civil claim, lawyers for the royal couple are pursing a criminal complaint in France against the photographer that snapped the intimate pictures. It remains to be seen if French prosecutors will decide to pursue criminal charges in this scandal.
The photos have already been published in the Irish Star and the Italian magazine Chi. The French court’s ruling only applies to Closer however. France has much stricter privacy laws than most other countries. UK tabloids have voluntarily declined to publish any of the photos.
Watch an ABC News video about the royal couple’s victory in a French court about the topless photos:



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Sep 18, 2012
regardless whether a person is a celebrity or not, what a person does in the privacy of their home is just that…private. I personally have thought for years the papparazzi have gone way beyond the bounds of decency. They are after all news media of a sort. should all be put on an island and let off once a year.
Sep 18, 2012
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT!!!! IN FACT THE PAPARAZZI SHOULD NOW BY NOW THAT PEOPLE IN SHOWBUSSINESS AS WELL AS OTHERS SHOULD BE "outlawed all together"!!!!!! To William and Kate Congraulations on winning it should SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN NOT DO THIS ANYMORE!!!!!!
Sep 18, 2012
Lawyers should sue the magazine's the amount that they make off the pictures that are published. I agree, what a person does in private should be remain private. Papparazzi photographers should also be sue the amount that the magazines paid for the pictures. How many celebs and other's, in private that the papparazzi's have invaded? They too should be held accountable.
Sep 18, 2012
It's one thing to photograph celebrities out in public, at public events, so on. But to invade their privacy by zooming in with telephoto lenses while they are in the comforts of their own homes or even on vacation secluded on private property, that is so wrong. These French photographers are part of the reason Prince Williams Mom is dead. No wonder he's pissed off. Wouldn't you be?
Sep 18, 2012
People who have a personal problem or who are offended by an photo of the human body in its natural form should file a complaint with the designer.
Sep 18, 2012
I've been wondering for a long time what Prince William has been doing to protect his wife? Even though they were on private property and are entitled to their own privacy (like anyone else) it doesn't mean they will receive it. Why didn't he stop her and remind her that sunbathing topless is harmless but that perhaps it was too risky? Of course he's not the one who was caught with his pants down because he knew better.
Also, his wife is obviously thin and not just normal thin but scary thin….much thinner than she was when they were just dating. Has he not noticed that his wife has become a skeleton? I believe she is suffering from an eating disorder and maybe she's not aneorexic or bulimic but I bet she is thinking about her body image 99.9% of the time. It's not healthy to think about one's weight all the time. It's probably prevented her from gaining the weight back and can you imagine what pregnancy will be like for her? They walk side by side as if everything is ok but if I were William I'd be making sure Kate was not suffering from an eating disorder despite what she says. And I'd be pleading with her to keep her clothes on while they are outdoors….even on private property. I don't feel he's looking out for her but rather looking out for himself.
Sep 19, 2012
Hang them in a public place they are perverts.
Sep 19, 2012
Its a shame there has to be a big cover-up now. I don't think her tit's have been in fresh air since they got off the boat.
Sep 19, 2012
Unfortunately, if there's a celeb topless on a beach, pool, or backyard, Paparazzi is going to shoot the shot. I don't think it's right, but that's news. If you're in the spotlight, don't do something that's going to put you in further. It sucks that these skeezer's do this stuff, but that's how they get paid, irregaurdless of the pain it causes.
Sep 19, 2012
AGREE
Sep 19, 2012
i agree….it's like, just say you were workin in an office, (now, mind you, you are very good at what you do for this company and they would suffer if you left) and let's just say you and secretary play around with some, well, let's use cigars as an example. now, being an average joe, it probably wouldn't make the headlines, but let's just say, yer the president, (just sayin) and you did the same thing. yes, i have to agree with you mike…when yer in the spotlight already, ya just gotta be a little more careful and choosy 'bout what ya do.