Long-lens pictures published in September 2012 appeared to show the Duchess of Cambridge changing on a balcony Danny Lawson/PASix media executives and journalists face trial in France over topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge that allegedly breached her privacy. Long-lens pictures published in September 2012 appeared to show the duchess changing on a balcony during a holiday with the Duke of Cambridge in the south of France. Their release drew fury and legal challenge from St James’s Palace and reopened a debate on treatment of public figures by paparazzi. The photographs first appeared on the front page of the French regional newspaper La Provence and were later republished by Closer, a glossy French weekly. A handful of…

Source: The Times October 26, 2016 07:52 UTC