THE prince william and his wife Kate Middleton have been vindicated after winning their privacy lawsuit against French magazine Paris Match after it published family photos of them with their children taken by paparazzi while on holiday.
King Charles’ eldest son and heir to the British throne, Prince William, is as staunch on privacy as his wife Kate, and defends his family’s freedom when she is not at official events.
It is the second time that the princely couple has been vindicated in a lawsuit they have filed against a French magazine, after the one against Closer, which had published topless photos of Kate in 2012.
The family sued Paris Match, owned by French luxury goods group LVMH, last April, days after it had post pictures of them in the Alps.
“The Prince and Princess of Wales are committed to protecting the family’s private time and ensuring that their children can grow up without undue scrutiny and interference,” a Kensington Palace spokesman said.
The couple is known to try to provide for their three children, the princes George and Louis, aged 12 and 7 respectively the princess Charlotte, 10 years olda life as normal as possible, placing great emphasis on the personal moments spent as a family.
William, aged 43, he does not hide his dislike for the media, after his mother Princess Diana was killed in a car accident in Paris in 1997. Her vehicle had sped up in an attempt to avoid paparazzi chasing it.
He and Kate were also victims of wiretapping, according to lawsuits against newspapers in Britain.
Paris Match released the statement today, saying it breached the family’s privacy, as William and Kate’s lawyers told the court the couple preferred the publication of the notice to any payment of compensation.