The Duke And Duchess Of Cambridge Have Taken Legal Action Against Two Paparazzi Photographers

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-george/11135797/Duke-and-Duchess-of-Cambridge-issue-warning-over-intrusion-into-Prince-Georges-privacy.html

Are the Duke & Duchess right to expect privacy from watching cameras, when they choose to allow their nanny to walk young Prince George in public parks?

Or is this just a reasonable reaction by Prince William taking into consideration his mothers untimely death, fleeing the paparazzi?

[anotheoldgit]

anneasquith

/// you don't need a 4 bed semi surely, 3 beds would be adequate ? ///

Bedroom for William and Kate, bedroom for Nanny, bedroom for George, and a bedroom for the expected one, 4 bedrooms in all.

[anneasquith]

oh, they are keeping the nanny ? is that so she can look after the children when mum and dad are at work. ? don't see why the nanny has to stay overnight though :)

[anotheoldgit]

anneasquith

/// don't see why the nanny has to stay overnight though :) ///

Didn't Mary Poppins? :0)

[jackthehat]

William has direct experience of the Paparazzi in a way his father never did. He also had a far more 'normal' childhood than his father did which is doubtless why he wants George to have as normal/usual a childhood as he can.

Surely *any* parent would object to their child being stalked and photographs being sold around the world earning the snapper lots of money, all at the expense of their own peace of mind?

[anneasquith]

AOG, I concede, indeed mary poppins did stay overnight. :)

[youngmafbog]

I have little time for the Royals as you all know.

However this is a small child who did not choose to be born into this. A little distance should be given.

Is it for foreign media outlet as I cant see any British media subscribing to this?

[andy-hughes]

AOG - "Then don't you think before he had seen what a rarefied and stilted upbringing his father had, he would have first noticed his upbringing, and took measures himself to withdraw both himself, his wife and children from the limelight, and live an ordinary life in a four bedroom semi.?"

Even though your example is deliberatly extreme, I think the reality is the William accepts the destiny of his birth, but still wants to spare his children the worst excesses of the trappings of royalty, in terms of its interaction with the media.

[ChillDoubt]

What Svejk and jth said.
William is doing the best for his infant son and he, Kate and Harry have 'normalised' the Royal Family to a greater extent, in line with many of the European Royal Families.
The Cambridge's have been more than accommodating when it comes to posing for photos etc so beyond that there really is no need for these vermin to pursue them whilst they raise their son in as ordinary an atmosphere as they can provide for him.

[anotheoldgit]

anneasquith

And many pop ins in some cases. :0)

[andy-hughes]

ChillDoubt - "The Cambridge's have been more than accommodating when it comes to posing for photos etc so beyond that there really is no need for these vermin to pursue them whilst they raise their son in as ordinary an atmosphere as they can provide for him."

Have you any idea the sort of syndication fees or exclusive rights candid photos of famous people fetch on the paparazzi market?

Why else do they camp out in parks, or outside nightclubs, or indeed anywhere where the 'right' photo can be a pension for life.

There is no limit to the appetite of the public for 'candid' shots of famous people, and demand means supply.

Anyone can get 'official' shots, usually free of charge, what magazine editors want is the shot their competitors don't have - and that is what this fuss is all about.

[Svejk]

that doesn't make it right. Any half-way decent person would boycott such a magazine (if indeed they ever bought them)

[andy-hughes]

Svejk - "that doesn't make it right. Any half-way decent person would boycott such a magazine (if indeed they ever bought them)"

Absolutely not, but since when did concepts of right and wrong get in the way of making serious money?

[ChillDoubt]

Anyone can get 'official' shots, usually free of charge, what magazine editors want is the shot their competitors don't have - and that is what this fuss is all about.
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How about you get a sense of perspective? We are talking about a 1 year old boy, not some celebrity slapper showing a flash of gusset as she alights from a vehicle.
What 'shot' that their competitors don't have would be the Holy Grail of pictures in regards to a 1 year old?
Bar a picture of him vomiting on his nanny or having his index digit up his nose to the second knuckle, what would be that one spectacular that they're hoping for?

Do enlighten me! This should be interesting.......

[ChillDoubt]

Just a bump, in the hope of getting some form of explanation from andy-hughes.

[Prudie]

Where are theses acres of private land they can walk in in London?

[Zacs-Master]

His Gran has 40 acres.

[anotheoldgit]

Prudie

/// Where are theses acres of private land they can walk in in London? ///

Buckingham Palace Gardens, and Kensington Palace Gardens to name just a couple.

[Prudie]

I admit I didn't know it was so big however "The palace, like Windsor Castle, is owned by the British state. It is not the monarch's personal property"