The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been awarded £92,000 in damages after a French magazine printed topless pictures of Kate. A French court ruled that the photos used by magazine Closer, which was taken as the couple holidayed in Provence in 2012, was an invasion of their privacy. Closer editor and owner have been fined 45,000 euros. The long-lens images were published on the front and inside pages of the publication.
During the hearing at the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Nanterre, presiding Judge Florence Lasserre- Jeannin also instructed regional newspaper La Provence to pay 3000 euros in damages for printing images of the duchess in her swimwear. A statement from Kensington Palace read, “This incident was a serious breach of privacy, and their Royal Highnesses felt it essential to pursue all legal remedies. They wished to make the point strongly that this kind of unjustified intrusion should not happen.”
