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The prince first saw Kate in 2002 at a charity fashion show...

Catherine Elizabeth, Duchess of Cambridge, famous general public Kate Middleton was born on January 9, 1982 in Reading, Berkshire, England. In 1987, her parents, Michael Francis and Carole Elizabeth Middleton, created a mail order company called Party Pieces.

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Their brainchild specialized in selling a variety of supplies for parties and celebrations. It was thanks to this company that the Middletons later became millionaires and managed to give their three children a decent education in prestigious private schools. The Middleton family settled in their own house, located in Berkshire, in a village called Bucklebury.

Kate Middleton's fateful first meeting with her future husband, Prince William Arthur Philip Louis came about through their studies at the University of St. Andrews, located in the Scottish county of Fife. The girl got into it educational institution in 2001, at the same time that the 19-year-old prince decided to study art history at the same university.

Kate Middleton in a transparent dress

The prince first saw Kate in 2002 at a charity fashion show. in which she took part. After all, the girl’s parameters fully allowed her to make a career as a model, which is clearly visible when looking at the photo of Kate Middleton. And after some time, the young people, along with their fellow students Olivia Bleasdale and Fergus Boyd, rented an apartment in a house located on one of the main streets of the university town of St. Andrews.

In 2004, Prince Arthur began to increasingly appear on vacation with Kate Middleton, thanks to which it was no longer a secret to anyone that the young people were in love with each other. Arthur and Kate admitted they were a couple when they went skiing in Switzerland.

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The fact that the relationship between the lovers should soon lead them down the aisle was also indicated by the fact that Queen Elizabeth herself in December 2006 honored Kate Middleton with an invitation to the royal dinner in honor of Christmas. And, even despite the girl’s polite refusal, citing the decision to spend this evening with her family, the queen’s gesture made Kate understand that the royal family recognized the prince’s chosen one.

Already in March 2006, the girl appeared at the Cheltenham racecourse in the royal box. And in October 2010, while on vacation with Kate in Kenya, Prince William proposed marriage to her. The girl agreed and on November 16, 2010, the British Royal Court officially announced the engagement of Prince William to his beloved Kate Middleton. The wedding was planned for April 29, 2011.

For the first time after their engagement was officially announced, the young people appeared in public together only in February 2011. They took part in the launching of lifeboats on the Welsh coast in England. Not far from this place was William’s unit, where he served as a rescue helicopter pilot.

Kate Middleton, who first acted as the prince's official bride, wore a very elegant sand-colored coat and a miniature hat from Philip Tracy.

Kate Middleton - candid photos

On the pages of one of the French magazines, nee Kate Middleton appeared. A photographer waylaid a young lady while she was sunbathing on the terrace of a house in Provence. Kate and William spent their holidays there. The publication of the photographs in the UK has already been called a return to the 90s, when the paparazzi were chasing Princess Diana. NTV correspondent Anton Volsky reporting from London.

Buckingham Palace is furious, accusing French journalists of overstepping the mark professional ethics. The French magazine that published the photographs captioned them: “The future queen is like you've never seen her before.”

However, the photo didn't turn out very well. good quality. A woman who looks like Kate Middleton and a man who looks like Prince William can be guessed. These people are not doing anything reprehensible. In one photo, Kate takes off her top part swimsuit, on the other she rubs cream on her husband’s back. This cannot be compared with those scandalous photographs that spread around the world after a drunken party in Las Vegas with the participation of Prince Harry.

Another thing angered Buckingham Palace. The photos appear to have been taken in early September while the Prince and Kate were vacationing in the south of France at a villa owned by Prince William's father's cousin, Prince Charles' brother, on private property. IN Buckingham Palace it was called intervention in privacy members of the royal family. However editor-in-chief magazine, which published the photographs, says: what is a scandal for England is a normal thing for France.

Lauren Pie, Closer Magazine: “Don't dramatize these photos. The reaction to them is a little disproportionate. What can the reader see on the cover of our magazine? A young couple, they are in love, they are beautiful. She is a princess of the 21st century. She goes out onto the balcony of the mansion topless, just as thousands of girls from all over the world appear on the beaches of southern France. It can be seen from the highway passing very nearby, along which hundreds of cars travel. It can be seen even from the street. There's nothing terrible about these photos. I don’t know of a single tabloid in the world that wouldn’t publish them if they got their hands on these materials.”

There is clearly a difference in worldviews, since, according to some sources, the authors of the photographs first tried to publish them in Great Britain. But not a single newspaper or magazine agreed to this. The fact is that for 15 years now, British journalists have had an unspoken rule prohibiting them from interfering in the private lives of members of the royal family. This rule was introduced after the death of Princess Diana, for which the paparazzi who followed the Mercedes with the princess were partly to blame.

Text: Marta Krylova

The British royal family once again found itself in the midst of a “naked scandal”: following photographs of naked Prince Harry, who lost to smithereens in strip billiards in Las Vegas, photographs of the duchess appeared on the Internet Cambridge Catherine topless. Exclusive photos of half-naked Kate, who was captured by the paparazzi during a recent weekend in Provence, were published by French magazine Closer. The Duke and Duchess decided not to leave this “media prank” unpunished and filed a lawsuit against the publication.

According to a statement issued by a St James's Palace spokesperson, "proceedings regarding breach of privacy were commenced on 14 September." The defendant is the editor-in-chief of Closer magazine.

“The Duke and Duchess were vacationing in a secluded place in France (at the Chateau d'Autet hotel, owned by the nephew of Queen Elizabeth II, Lord Linley - website). Naturally, they did not want anyone to photograph them. Taking such pictures and publishing them is immoral and illegal. This incident reminds us. terrible time when the media furiously hounded Princess Diana. Of course, all this is very upsetting for the Duke and Duchess,” said a representative of the couple.

Closer editor-in-chief Laurence Pio believes that by publishing these photographs, she “didn’t do anything immoral”: “These pictures are not at all “shocking”, as the media have already dubbed them. They simply show a young woman sunbathing topless. After all, millions of women do this! The photographs show a young couple who recently got married. They are young. They are beautiful. Kate is a princess of the 21st century."

Vivien Parry, the former manager of the Princess Diana Memorial Trust, told The Daily Mirror that "Duke William is determined to sue Closer." “You see, William lost his mother (Diana died in a car accident in Paris - approx.. He will do everything to protect Kate from this!” By the way, France has strict privacy laws. Violating them can result in a prison sentence .

Let us remind you that earlier the Australian magazine Woman's Day published pictures from the honeymoon of the Duke and Duchess, which they spent on Seychelles; American edition The New Republic disfigured Katherine's teeth, and Marie Claire magazine South Africa placed a photograph of the Duchess on his cover without her consent. The royal family's patience has run out.

Now Kate and William, continuing their tour of Asia and Oceania, are in the Solomon Islands.

The royal family won the case in France. Now the French tabloid must pay 100 thousand euros for publication candid photos Kate Middleton.

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The incident itself occurred exactly 5 years ago: in September 2012. Reporters from Closer photographed Kate Middleton while relaxing with her husband, Prince William, on the grounds of a castle owned by members of the royal family in Provence. Blurred photos Kate without her swimsuit top was photographed using a long lens. The candid photographs were later republished by many European media (it is noteworthy that British publications refused to buy and publish these photos).

For some reason, Kate Middleton and Prince William waited more than four years before suing the publication; the couple filed suit only in May 2017, accusing the tabloid of invasion of privacy. IN lawsuit An impressive amount of compensation for moral damage was indicated - 1.5 million euros. At the meeting in May, Prince William said that he and his wife were shocked by such an invasion of privacy, given what happened to his mother due to the paparazzi.

The court, which took place in France, ruled that nude photographs of Kate constituted an invasion of privacy. The judge decided to fine Closer employees more than 100 thousand euros, which is the maximum possible fine. In addition, the judge ordered the La Provence newspaper to pay the royal family compensation of 3 thousand euros for publishing photographs of Kate in a swimsuit.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will each receive 50 thousand euros in compensation. Members of the royal family did not grace the court with their presence. The court's decision came a day after the couple announced they were expecting another child.