A paparazzi photographer who took topless pictures of British royal Kate Middleton has been identified and is set to be arrested by French police.
French judicial police are preparing to arrest the paparazzi linked to topless photographs of the 30-year-old Duchess of Cambridge, the Daily Mail reported.
It has also been confirmed that the name of the photographer has been handed over to detectives investigating the alleged crime.
If the paparazzo who took the photos has truly been found, he or she may face up to one year imprisonment and a fine of over $57,000, according to the Daily Mail and Mirror.
Although these developments seem speculative at the moment, Marie-Christine Daubigney, the French public prosecutor on the case, confirmed to the Mirror that the suspect has been named. “This new information regarding the photographer will be passed on to investigating magistrates,” she told the Mirror.
She is very pretty
Laurence Pieau, the woman editor of French Closer, hired a freelance photographer to watch the couple during their holiday at Chateau d’Autet, but refused to name the person.
Pieau accused William and Kate of over-reacting to the pictures, saying: “I can imagine that these photographs displease them, but once again these photographs are not degrading, they are joyous, they are in love, she is very pretty.”
Under French law, photographers are viewed as journalistic contacts and are accordingly protected from identification.
