Originally Posted by Skylark24:
I imagine heads will roll,
Ah yes, royalty in France do not have a good record...
Originally Posted by Cariad:
Originally Posted by Skylark24:
I imagine heads will roll,
Ah yes, royalty in France do not have a good record...
joking aside
imagine if your kid,sis,niece etc..was on holiday, and some perv took a pic of her with her t*ts out then posted it on line!
bang out of order i think
Originally Posted by Sprout:
It's a shame Suzy but one day you can see it coming to that can't you?
Yep Sprout. Especially when they have kids and they start getting papped.
mind you prince harry was outraged
Pirate! Sniggers.....
Originally Posted by suzybean:
Originally Posted by Saint:
Harry in Vegas - now Kate's tiddies . . . shouldn't they be more careful?
Lets think about it another way. Aren't they allowed moments to be carefree?
Of course - i totally agree
However back in the real world . . .
But this is the real world. They should be allowed their privacy as much (if not even more than us). Don't they deserve some 'time off'
To be really serious...if "they" can get a picture with a long lens, it opens up the whole security thing..and THAT is the real issue here IMO .Of course thats the life they lead but worrying also i would think...
Originally Posted by kattymieoww:
I think she was a bit naive to think she would be "safe".The paps now have them as a prime "target" abroad.
I tend to agree. She is a intelligent woman and I would have thought that knowing she was now a major media target, going topless is a no-no regardless of whether she is on a private estate or not. It's hard for me to be 100% sympathetic as there is a bit of me saying "come on Kate, they will try anything to get pics of you, you are not going to be safe now. Don't do it".
It could have been a gun - spooky
I dont care that Kate was topless - maybe careless yes but they do have a right to a private life away from the public eye just like the rest of us -both the photographer and editor have crossed the line IMO
I am really pleased they are breaking tradition and taking this issue to the Courts - France has privacy rules that permission must be sort to publish photos and for this alone they need taking to task - it isnt about the money - the magazine will be quids in from extra sales but this needs stomping on now to stop Kate having the persecuted life that Diana had with photographers and William will do his damnest to protect her
They have no choice to lay low and opt out of Royal duties they are our future King and Queen and for many years will be targets - they will learn from this but in a hard way - William will have had old wounds opened today remembering just what his Mother went through at the hands of the baying photographers
Originally Posted by Saint:
I can't help but think it is more ill placed judgement from our Royal Family.
Harry in Vegas - now Kate's tiddies . . . shouldn't they be more careful?
Jeeez.. is she meant to wear her liberty bodice at all times and bathe wearing a wetsuit ? 
It could have been a gun anywhere yer daft bat!
For me it is all about consent. I can't believe that she would give her consent for such pictures to be distributed. We all have a right to privacy, and saying that she was asking for it is rather reminiscent of a 1960's judge.
Originally Posted by Saint:
It could have been a gun - spooky
yup
Originally Posted by Garage Joe:
It could have been a gun anywhere yer daft bat! For me it is all about consent. I can't believe that she would give her consent for such pictures to be distributed. We all have a right to privacy, and saying that she was asking for it is rather reminiscent of a 1960's judge.
Exactly.
She should know better. It's her job to maintain decorum and it's the paparazzi's job to get scoops like that.
Originally Posted by Carnelian:
She should know better. It's her job to maintain decorum and it's the paparazzi's job to get scoops like that.
but she wasn't at work.
Originally Posted by MrsH:
I dont care that Kate was topless - maybe careless yes but they do have a right to a private life away from the public eye just like the rest of us -both the photographer and editor have crossed the line IMO
I am really pleased they are breaking tradition and taking this issue to the Courts - France has privacy rules that permission must be sort to publish photos and for this alone they need taking to task - it isnt about the money - the magazine will be quids in from extra sales but this needs stomping on now to stop Kate having the persecuted life that Diana had with photographers and William will do his damnest to protect her
They have no choice to lay low and opt out of Royal duties they are our future King and Queen and for many years will be targets - they will learn from this but in a hard way - William will have had old wounds opened today remembering just what his Mother went through at the hands of the baying photographers
And that is what is sad. Ok, we shouldn't forget but nor are we/William and Harry allowed to make it go away a bit. What is it we say ......time dulls it a bit, obviously not true in their case. I just wish the people who want to do damage to them at the price of a quick buck would get stuffed!
Originally Posted by Slinkiwitch x:
Originally Posted by Carnelian:
She should know better. It's her job to maintain decorum and it's the paparazzi's job to get scoops like that.
but she wasn't at work.
Originally Posted by Garage Joe:
It could have been a gun anywhere yer daft bat! For me it is all about consent. I can't believe that she would give her consent for such pictures to be distributed. We all have a right to privacy, and saying that she was asking for it is rather reminiscent of a 1960's judge.
She probably didn't though Joe. I think it's a case of publish and be damned 
She/they probably didn't even know until the pics turned up.
Originally Posted by MrsH:
they will learn from this but in a hard way - William will have had old wounds opened today remembering just what his Mother went through at the hands of the baying photographers
poor bloke, i don't care who you are or where you're from history repeating in this manor from mother to wife must be hard to take in, even if he hadn't made the comparison himself the media have put it out there so it must be tough...... btw i'm far from a royalist, they earn a wealthy life etc etc but this is different
I'm sooooooo glad I don't buy newspapers or 'tacky' magazines
Originally Posted by Slinkiwitch x:
Originally Posted by Carnelian:
She should know better. It's her job to maintain decorum and it's the paparazzi's job to get scoops like that.
but she wasn't at work.
I empathise. I really do. But she took on the whole kit and caboodle when she decided to marry William. Unless we see sense and embrace republicanism she will be the next queen (Queen Camilla possibilities aside) and that means she is always at work.
I would say she'd have been better indulging any urge to go topless in the UK but given the weather we're getting she'd probably have sported goosebumps bigger than her jubblies.
Originally Posted by Garage Joe:
It could have been a gun anywhere yer daft bat! For me it is all about consent. I can't believe that she would give her consent for such pictures to be distributed. We all have a right to privacy, and saying that she was asking for it is rather reminiscent of a 1960's judge.
There you go! That's the point I wish I'd made! Although I think some of those judges still inhabit this time and space.
Haven't read all the replies so someone else may have covered this point. The Brit rags seem to be taking a moral stance on the pics, but, if the Leveson Enquiry had never begun and was still ongoing I think some rags would have loved to have printed the pics to increase sales
......... And unfortunately that would be a reflection of our denizens of the gutter. One of the oddest things I heard recently came in a debate over the Prince Harry material. Some twatty journalist used the expression, "they won't let you see the pictures!" as though we were somehow being cheated!
She's made a right tit of herself !!
Well someone had to say it 
Disgusting people - Anyone who buys these mags, the editors, and the paps.
In no particular order. 
anyone else listen to that interview with some french press apologist?
talk about how to make friends and influence people.
'' she is a good looking woman, she isn't fat or anything, so there is no issue''
(paraphrased)
Apparently the Irish Daily star have printed 'em. Is it the same as the GB Daily Star? I didn't know the Irish had scratter papers!
Originally Posted by jacksonb:
anyone else listen to that interview with some french press apologist?
talk about how to make friends and influence people.
'' she is a good looking woman, she isn't fat or anything, so there is no issue''
(paraphrased)
Yes I heard that interview. There might be a clash of culture, but no excuse, the French laws are very strict and I commend William for taking this further.
Originally Posted by cologne 1:
Originally Posted by jacksonb:
anyone else listen to that interview with some french press apologist?
talk about how to make friends and influence people.
'' she is a good looking woman, she isn't fat or anything, so there is no issue''
(paraphrased)
Yes I heard that interview. There might be a clash of culture, but no excuse, the French laws are very strict and I commend William for taking this further.
So do I. This needs nipping in the bud - so to speak
I haven't seen the pics and won't seek them out(just like the Prince Harry pics), but from comments I heard on the radio this morning, it seems that the photos were taken from about a mile away, and in some of the pics it doesn't seem like she's sunbathing, but getting changed.
If I went out with a telephoto lens and tried to take pictures of a complete stranger in their garden or on their private property, I'd be arrested! What makes the paparazzi so special?
A female 'celebrity' walks down the street and gets followed by a gang of men, just because they have cameras it's allowed?! I find it bizarre.
I also find it maddening that the public buy copies of these magazines packed with these pap pictures.
The Irish Daily Star is part-owned by Richard Desmond, owner of the GB Daily Star and Channel 5. 
Originally Posted by Katerina:
I haven't seen the pics and won't seek them out(just like the Prince Harry pics), but from comments I heard on the radio this morning, it seems that the photos were taken from about a mile away, and in some of the pics it doesn't seem like she's sunbathing, but getting changed.
If I went out with a telephoto lens and tried to take pictures of a complete stranger in their garden or on their private property, I'd be arrested! What makes the paparazzi so special?
A female 'celebrity' walks down the street and gets followed by a gang of men, just because they have cameras it's allowed?! I find it bizarre.
I also find it maddening that the public buy copies of these magazines packed with these pap pictures.
The Irish Daily Star is part-owned by Richard Desmond, owner of the GB Daily Star and Channel 5.
And that's where the problem lies Kat. If the public stopped buying they wouldn't print. I'm so glad I don't buy papers or mags
Originally Posted by Katerina:
The Irish Daily Star is part-owned by Richard Desmond, owner of the GB Daily Star and Channel 5.
its been report he's not happy
Richard Desmond has announced that following the decision by the Irish Daily Star to publish the images, he will halt the deal under which his Northern And Shell company runs the newspaper in partnership with Irelandâs Independent News & Media.
Mr Desmond, said: âI am very angry at the decision to publish these photographs and am taking immediate steps to close down the joint venture. The decision to publish these pictures has no justification whatever and Northern & Shell condemns it in the strongest possible terms.â
THE TELEGRAPH
Richard Desmond casts doubt on future of Irish Daily Star after it prints topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge
The future of the newspaper which printed topless pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge is in doubt after a publisher who jointly runs it said he was pulling out of the deal.
Prince William (L) and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge (R) walk through a bridge at the Borneo Rainforest Research Center in Danum Valley Photo: EPA
Richard Desmond has announced that following the decision by the Irish Daily Star to publish the images, he will halt the deal under which his Northern And Shell company runs the newspaper in partnership with Irelandâs Independent News & Media.
Mr Desmond, said: âI am very angry at the decision to publish these photographs and am taking immediate steps to close down the joint venture. The decision to publish these pictures has no justification whatever and Northern & Shell condemns it in the strongest possible terms.â
The images, which were taken while the Duchess was sunbathing on holiday in Provence, were not published in the the Northern Ireland or British editions of the Daily Star, which are run solely by Northern And Shell - also the publisher of the Daily and Sunday Express.
The decision to pull out of the Dublin-based edition raises serious questions over the future of the title.
Independent News & Media have also criticised the decision to run the photographs.
Originally Posted by Slinkiwitch x:
Originally Posted by Carnelian:
She should know better. It's her job to maintain decorum and it's the paparazzi's job to get scoops like that.
but she wasn't at work.
But what is her work? her work seems to consist of being fawned over, going on holiday and sitting at the best seats at the Olympics and Wimbledon. With privilege and profile comes responsibility.
I'm not 100% sure they're really bothered, as it keeps their profile high and public sympathy high. Like it or not (and I think our Royal Family actually likes it) the Royal Family is part of tacky celebrity culture.
I also think it's a bit much to make spurious comparisons with Diana and the press. Diana courted the press all the time and it was the royal family itself who ostracised her and plotted against her, much how they have with Fergie.