The photographer that took the pictures of topless Duchess of Cambridge, wife of Prince William, at a private villa in the south of France will be arrested by French police.
French judicial police are preparing to arrest the photographer who took those photos. The name of photographer was sent to French detectives investigating the case. That paparazzo conducted a series of photographs of the Duchess of Cambridge, in September, at the Chateau d’Autet, in Provence, where British princely couple was a short holiday in a private residence owned by a grandson of the British Queen , Viscount Linley, informs dailymail.co.uk.
It is said that both Prince William and his wife, Duchess Catherine, were extremely angry after the photos of a topless Kate on the edge of a swimming pool were posted in a French tabloid. The photos were first published in the French magazine Closer, and then appeared in the press in other countries, including Italy and Ireland.
Prince William requested the arrest of the photographer – a technically feasible measure thanks to the French laws on the protection of privacy, which are very strict. French judicial police, which are investigating the case after a court order issued by the Court of Paris, are able to arrest a person who is accused of assault on another person’s privacy.
If the suspect is found guilty, he could be sentenced to one year in prison and be forced to pay damages of ₤36,000 (€44,800). “The photographer will be held immediately for an investigation,” according to a source.
Laurence Pieau, editor-in-chief of the magazine Closer, hired a photographer working as a freelancer to follow British princely couple during their vacation at Chateau d’Autet, but she refused to give investigators the name of the paparazzo.
Laurence Pieau accused William and Kate of having an exaggerated reaction after the publication of the pictures: “I understand why they wouldn’t like these pictures, but I say again, these photos are not degrading: they were in love, and she is very pretty.”
According to French law, photographers are considered journalistic sources and for this reason their identity is protected. Valerie Suau, former photographer for a news agency, admitted that she took some photos for a local newspaper with British princely couple on the terrace of that property, but denied that she is the person that took the topless photos.
Marie-Christine Daubigney, French public prosecutor dealing with the case confirmed that French police are now in possession of the name of the photographer who took the pictures of topless Duchess of Cambridge: “This new information, concerning the identity of the photographer, will be sent to magistrates investigating the case.”
French justice agreed in mid-September, at the request made by Prince William and his wife Catherine, to prohibiting any further dissemination of the photographs with the Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing topless. Closer magazine then gave the British princely couple the original photos of Catherine topless at the Provence villa.
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