Breaking News, Duchess Of Cambridge Wins 100,000 Euros Damages Over Topless Photos.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41163712

I take it the 100,000 will be donated to charity forthwith?

[jno]

you could send them a begging letter if you want a cut.

[Islay]

One would expect so

[jackthehat]

Good for her.....

Why should she?

[Mamyalynne]

Correct result - I'm not in the habit of presuming what others should do with their money.

[EcclesCake]

Take what ever you wish, what has it to do with you or anyone other than the Cambridges?

[Zacs-Master]

Yeah, lets forget that the ruling demonstrates the irresponsibility of the gutter press and speculate on whether it will be given to charity.

[Barmaid]

If it is donated to charity we will never hear of it I suspect since the Royals tend to do this sort of thing discreetly.

Frankly good on her for bringing the gutter press to task. If someone published topless pics of me staying at a private villa where I could expect some privacy I'd be hopping mad (not that anyone is vaguely interested in my saggy offerings).

[Lie-in King]

Excellent result - it's nobody's business but hers what's done with the money.

[Islay]

Some dirty old men getting their rocks of whilst taking it no doubt!

[NoMercy]

Good result. Whatever she does with the money is her business.

[aelmpvw]

did the publishers make more than 100,000 euros profit from the increase in sales to salacious readers?

[sunny-dave]

BM - I'm not defending the vile paparazzi, but (since they were on a public road) I presume the offence was in the publishing of the pictures, rather than the taking of them?

Would it have been an offence to publish the pics if they were of Madame Anonyme rather than a Royal Personage? Would the damages have been as punitive?

[ and what the royals do with the damages is up to them and no-one else ]

[Ellipsis]

€100K seems small compared to the value of the photos. From Closer's POV it's hardly a deterrent, simply a cost of doing business.

[ChillDoubt]

(not that anyone is vaguely interested in my saggy offerings).
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Don't put yourself down BM, many a good tune and all that....!

[Zacs-Master]

You saying you want to fiddle with........

[Islay]

//not that anyone is vaguely interested in my saggy offerings//
You need some duct tape BM - works wonders and very versatile I hear!!

[Bazile]

Very uplifting - being able to joke about yourself , barmaid

[Barmaid]

Lol. Glad to see some have a sense of humour........ ;)

SD - I am not sure it was an offence per se but I am not sure how french privacy laws work.

However, my view is that if a photographer took a picture of anyone enjoying private time in a private villa and then published them this is, in anyone's view, an invasion of privacy. I suspect the roots of this case are found in the ECHR which upholds the right to privacy.

[Bazile]

Which charity do you nominate aog - the paparazzi welfare fund ?

[ummmm]

She should have got much more.