The photos were, I believe, taken in France which has strict laws governing privacy, so she knew full well of the risks of getting caught.
I'd hardly say taking topless photos of the Royals was "just doing her job" - she could have taken 'nice' photos of them, or of something else, but she just wanted quick and easy money.
She broke the law, for moeny. How's that different to any other criminal?
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There is little doubt about the legal position: the publication of topless photographs of the Duchess of Cambridge by Closer magazine in France was illegal.
I think its disgusting,she was in a private place,they might as well use the long lense to take pictures when shes getting changed inside the house.
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I kind of what to say it serves her right for walking around topless then, but I guess each to their own. She's within her rights, but any of these paparazzi folk will push the limits. Otherwise they wouldn't be doing their job for a living.
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Didn't look very private to me so I say it's fair game for the photographer.
It was a house on private property.They used a massive long lense camera to get the shot.
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My understanding is that the act of taking the photos was illegal, and so a criminal case could/should be pursued against the photographer. However, considering they were on a public road, it does raise questions as to what their security were doing at the time and why this wasn't spotted.
As for the couple trying to stop the photos, all it's really doing is making them more notorious and, ultimately, making them more desirable for the public and for the papers to get a hold of. She couldn't just sit back and relax about it, but being so gung-ho about the situation isn't really going to achieve the desired results. And, hey, they're out there now. No lawyer or lawsuit is going to prevent their spread.
I don't know the road was half a mile away from where they were staying and whilst I think security should of been doing their job better (imagine if was a sniper).
I feel incredibly sorry for Kate because she was on holiday at a private house with her husband and surely she should of been entitled to privacy. I do hope the photographer and magazine are jailed/given a hefty fine because they weren't courting publicity.
As an aside I wasn't against the photo's of Prince Harry because whilst they were in a private room he was stupid enough to not take the camera phones off the girls and thus he almost got what he deserved.
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Neither does your doorstep, but I bet you you would go mental if someone took a picture of you in your dressing gown/underwear on your step.
Would you still say that if that was your with your willy out in the place they were? Probably not.
I wouldn't be overly happy but still it's fair game and if they are taking the picture from a public space then it's fair game for them...I wouldn't make a good picture though.
I wouldn't be going around where people could see with my ding dong out...
It's not fair game. She was on a private holiday in a private villa. The photographer was a mile away with a long lens camera. Kate had every right to expect privacy. She wasn't on any official duty. She was on her holiday.
It's not fair game, it's not a public place. It's like me breaking into your house, hiding a secret camera and then going "well, it isn't exactly private is it?"
It doesn't matter where you come from; it matters where you go.
No-one gets remembered for the things they didn't do.
We won't all be here this time next year,
so while you can take a picture of us.
We're definitely going to hell,
but we'll have all the best stories to tell.
You've all forgotten the most important question of them all!!
Why the heck would anyone want to see them anyway?
Of all the topless ladies in the world, why? Why would anyone want to see them?
Answers on a postcard, please!
Kate's an attractive gal if not as bapped out as some people (ahem). People went crazy over Madonna and she's someone I never want to see in their birthday suit lol
If she was in the US it would have been legal while unethical. Anything that can be seen from a public place in the US is fair game. For example, if I was fapping in my room and my blinds weren't completely closed anyone walking past could take a picture. That picture could then be posted all over some less than desirable places. This all would be 100% within US law. However, Kate was in France. Due to the craziness of French law that holds privacy over every other right, this is illegal.
As for trying to censor the picture's release, see the Streisand effect.
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