It turns out that the house in which the Duke and Duchess were staying was quite secluded, and the photographer was at least a 1/2 mile away! Looking at a picture of the house, set among many trees and fields - it is quite remote.
It is therefore understandable why Will and Kate thought that they were alone (although I am guessing there was probably plenty of staff and security there...).
So, the upshot, I'm mad now. Before I thought, it's too bad that this happened, but she shouldn't have been topless in the first place - outdoors at least. But with more information, I think that it's disgusting that these pictures were taken, let alone published.
The Duke and Duchess are now filing a lawsuit.
Here is an interesting article from The Telegraph:
Photos of the Duchess will be published in a French magazine
This morning, the nation awoke to the revelation that the Duchess of Cambridge had been photographed topless with a man.That man was her husband. This is how the grinning perverts who bought the pictures described the circumstances in which they were taken:
"A little more than a year after their marriage, the royal couple was offered a romantic getaway, far from the protocol and etiquette in their very own garden of Eden.
Almost alone in the world… because Closer was there! After the Olé Olé holidays of Prince Harry in Las Vegas, discover the very sensual shots of Kate Middleton and her husband Prince William.
Discover the incredible pictures of the future Queen of England as you've never seen her before… and as you will never see her again!"
Read it again in a French accent and see if you can get to the end without feeling your gorge rising. I know I can't. It's a revolting description of a couple doing something perfectly normal in a private house. I think it's a repellent thing to do. Given French privacy laws (especially recent decisions on individuals being able to control their own image) the publication of the photos will be legally interesting wherever it happens.
However, I think the statement from Closer is wrong in one key area — that we will never see the future queen in such a position ever again. Every day, cameras are getting smaller, lighter and much higher quality. Only the other day, Apple unveiled an 8 megapixel camera that comes as standard on the iPhone 5.
To get that kind of picture quality before, a pap would need a huge, bulky piece of kit. Now, it's the size of a thumbnail and the weight of an anorexic wasp. This not only creates a profusion of cameras, one on every bystander — the bane of Prince Harry's nights out in Las Vegas — but also means cameras are much more easily mounted on radio-controlled flying drones.
If you look at the sort of pictures Team Blacksheep, a group of American drone enthusiasts have been able to achieve working out of their garages with hobby shop parts, or this polish video of a riot in progress it's easy to see that drones will soon be buzzing celebrity parties and hovering outside penthouses.
Soon, privacy — especially for the royals — will be a thing of the past, and in my opinion, that's a tragedy. We need to do something about this problem before it gets out of hand – even if that means Prince Phillip guarding his grandson's bedroom with a shotgun.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/willardfoxton2/100007678/kate-middleton-topless-photos-with-camera-phones-and-drone-technology-soon-no-one-will-be-safe/
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