Within hours of Kate Middleton topless pictures burning up the Internet and the pages of French tabloid Closer , the Royal Family is reportedly planning action against the magazine behind these images. A rep for St. James’s Palace just released a statement saying that “legal proceedings for breach of privacy have been commenced today in France” by Kate and William. No further details were included. The move does not come as a shock, considering the family’s swift and forceful reaction to the photos in question. “The incident is reminiscent of the worst excess of the paparazzi during the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, and all the more upsetting to the Duke and Duchess for being so,” said a spokesman for Clarence House, the Prince of Wales’ office, early this morning. But that’s not how Laurence Pieau of Closer sees it. This editor doesn’t see why there’s any fuss being made over the shots at all. “These photos are not in the least shocking,” he told the Agence France-Presse. “They show a young woman sunbathing topless, like the millions of women you see on beaches.” If Pieau actually believed this, of course, it would raise the question: Why run the supposedly mundane pictures in the first place? Fortunately, this scandalous hullabaloo does have a silver lining for the Royals: There’s no talk anymore about Kate Middleton pregnant rumors, is there?
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Kate Middleton to Sue Over Topless Pictures, Breach of Privacy
