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According to PEOPLE, Closer magazine has been ordered to pay the princess the said sum in damages for leaking her nude photo years ago. Also, the magazine’s editor Laurence Pieau and publisher Ernesto Mauri were given the maximum fine by law — 45,000 euros (approx. $54,000 each).
In case you missed how it all started: Princess Kate and her husband Prince Williams were on a goodwill tour in 2012 when the photos were taken. Closer published her topless photo with a loud headline that said, “Oh My God!”, and shortly after, similar photos appeared on other media sites, causing the couple major embarrassment.
The royal palace described them as “reminiscent of the worst excesses of the press and paparazzi during the life of Diana, Princess of Wales”, later, attorney Jean Weil, representing the royals, demanded for $1.6 million in damages.
The royal couple, who are expecting their third child, did not appear in court, but the prince sent in a statement, expressing his outrage at the publication.
“My wife and I thought that we could go to France for a few days in a secluded villa owned by a member of my family, and thus enjoy our privacy,” William said.
According to PEOPLE, Closer magazine has been ordered to pay the princess the said sum in damages for leaking her nude photo years ago. Also, the magazine’s editor Laurence Pieau and publisher Ernesto Mauri were given the maximum fine by law — 45,000 euros (approx. $54,000 each).
In case you missed how it all started: Princess Kate and her husband Prince Williams were on a goodwill tour in 2012 when the photos were taken. Closer published her topless photo with a loud headline that said, “Oh My God!”, and shortly after, similar photos appeared on other media sites, causing the couple major embarrassment.
The royal palace described them as “reminiscent of the worst excesses of the press and paparazzi during the life of Diana, Princess of Wales”, later, attorney Jean Weil, representing the royals, demanded for $1.6 million in damages.
The royal couple, who are expecting their third child, did not appear in court, but the prince sent in a statement, expressing his outrage at the publication.
“My wife and I thought that we could go to France for a few days in a secluded villa owned by a member of my family, and thus enjoy our privacy,” William said.
He added, “We know France and the French and we know that they are, in principle, respectful of private life, including that of their guests. The clandestine way in which these photographs were taken was particularly shocking to us as it breached our privacy.”
Now, they have won the war. We are guessing no other press will dare encroach on the couple’s privacy anytime soon.
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