French court expected to deliver verdict on trial for Duchess of Cambridge pictures
Record ID:
908737
French court expected to deliver verdict on trial for Duchess of Cambridge pictures
- Title: French court expected to deliver verdict on trial for Duchess of Cambridge pictures
- Date: 5th September 2017
- Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (FILE - SEPTEMBER 14, 2012) (REUTERS) NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE KIOSK CLOSER MAGAZINE IN KIOSK READING (French): "SEX AND SUN IN PROVENCE" VIENS, FRANCE (FILE - SEPTEMBER 2012) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF CASTLE WHERE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE STAYED ON HOLIDAY MONTROUGE, FRANCE (FILE - SEPTEMBER 2012) (REUTERS) VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF MONDADORI FRANCE HEADQUARTERS, OWNER OF CLOSER MAGAZINE CLOSER EDITOR LAURENCE PIEAU WITH COLLEAGUE INSIDE OFFICE NEWSROOM STACK OF MAGAZINES NANTERRE, FRANCE (FILE - JUNE 12, 2015) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF NANTERRE COURTHOUSE NANTERRE, FRANCE (FILE - MAY 2, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF COURTHOUSE EXTERIORS
- Embargoed: 19th September 2017 09:19
- Keywords: Duchess of Cambridge photos Catherine Duke of Cambridge Prince William royals topless paparazzi Closer France
- Location: PARIS, NANTERRE, VIENS & MONTROUGE, FRANCE
- City: PARIS, NANTERRE, VIENS & MONTROUGE, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: Celebrities,Arts / Culture / Entertainment
- Reuters ID: LVA0026XBKMYV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A French court is expected to give a verdict on Tuesday (September 5) on a trial over topless pictures taken and published of Britain's Duchess of Cambridge in 2012.
Catherine and her husband Prince William pressed at the time for criminal charges in France to try to prevent wider publication of the pictures, which were taken of them on a balcony of a private residence during their stay in the Luberon region on September 7, 2012.
Celebrity gossip magazine Closer was among the media who published the photos, with Buckingham Palace at the time calling the photo spread a "grotesque" invasion of the royal couple's privacy.
In a previous hearing in the same French court in May 2017, one of the photographers being tried, Valerie Suau of La Provence, told the hearing she did not know that the royal couple were on a private property when she took the photographs.
In all, six photographers and journalists stand accused. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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