French magazine loses appeal over Kate's topless photos

September 19, 2018 21:35

A French magazine has lost its appeal against fines imposed after it published photographs of the Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing topless.

Two senior editors at the celebrity magazine Closer, and two photographers suspected of taking the long lens shots in 2012, had appealed against the fines, which were issued in September 2017 for breaching the privacy of the duchess.

A French appeals court on Wednesday upheld the two 45,000 fines the maximum allowed and dismissed the appeals.

The magazine had published grainy photographs of the duchess wearing only bikini bottoms while she and her husband were on holiday at a private chateau owned by Viscount Linley, the Queens nephew, in the Luberon region of south-east France.

The magazines editor, Laurence Pieau, and its publisher, Ernesto Mauri, were fined 45,000 last year while the photographers were ordered to pay 5,000, with another 5,000 payable if they reoffended.

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