Prince William & Kate won their lawsuit against French tabloid Closer
Prince William did an event today in Oxford. The event was a policing and mental health conference and it’s been on his schedule for a few weeks, mostly because this week was supposed to be William and Kate’s big rollout as full-time working royals. They’d been on vacation for most of August, and they scheduled separate events this week, all culminating with the happy-family photos scheduled for Thursday, for Prince George’s first day of school. The schedule got tossed aside for Kate because of her pregnancy, but William didn’t cancel his appearance in Oxford. When asked about Kate, this is what happened:
Prince William admitted there is “not much sleep” going on at home since he and Princess Kate found out they are expecting their third child. A day after they announced the news of Kate’s pregnancy, William said the baby was “very good news” amid the anxiety of Kate’s ongoing struggle with severe morning sickness.
Kate is being cared for at their home in Apartment 1A in Kensington Palace as she battles Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG). She was also afflicted by the condition during her pregnancies with Prince George, 4, and Princess Charlotte, 2. Meeting dignitaries at a policing and mental health conference in Oxford, William said, “There’s not much sleep going on at the moment.”
He was congratulated on Monday’s announcement by chairman of Oxfordshire County Council Zoe Patrick. He replied, “Thank you, it’s very good news.” And he added the couple had been able to “start celebrating this week” after “it was a bit anxious to start with.”
[From People]
I assume other people are taking care of Kate right now, like doctors and… Carole Middleton, one would assume. I think William would probably be judged either way – if he had stayed home with Kate to “take care of her,” he would have been criticized for dropping an event. If he did the event, people are going to be like “you should have stayed home with your wife.”
Meanwhile, the verdict has finally come in on Will and Kate’s neverending lawsuit against the magazines and photographer who published and took photos of their holiday in France back in 2012:
Five years after long-lens topless photos of Princess Kate were published in French media, the individuals involved are finally facing repercussions. Closer magazine was ordered to pay close to $120,000 in damages. Both Closer‘s editor Laurence Pieau and publisher Ernesto Mauri were also given the maximum fine by law — 45,000 euros (approx. $54,000 each).
During the trial in May, attorney Jean Weil, representing the royals, asked for $1.6 million in damages from French tabloid Closer, which published topless photos of Kate on its cover in September 2012 under the headline: “Oh My God!” While the royal couple did not appear at the court trial, during the process Weil read an emotional statement from Prince William expressing his continuing outrage. “My wife and I thought that we could go to France for a few days in a secluded villa owned by a member of my family, and thus enjoy our privacy,” William said. “We know France and the French and we know that they are, in principle, respectful of private life, including that of their guests. The clandestine way in which these photographs were taken was particularly shocking to us as it breached our privacy.”
Topless photos similar to the Closer set were also published in a number of other European publications, causing profound embarrassment to the couple who were on a goodwill tour of Asia at the time the photos appeared.
[From People]
Eh. I know a lot of people are spinning conspiracies about the timing of this verdict and the timing of Kate’s pregnancy, but… I don’t know. I love a good conspiracy as much as the next person, but I think this is more of a coincidence, especially given that the verdict is neither amazing nor devastating. Most people thought the photos were wrong in the first place, but I think the casual royal-watcher just forgot about this completely.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Source: Prince William & Kate won their lawsuit against French tabloid Closer
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