Closer magazine condemned for topless photos of Duchess Kate
The magazine *Closer* has been convicted for publishing topless photos of Britain's Duchess Kate. The criminal court in the Paris suburb of Nanterre imposed maximum fines of 45,000 euros each on two executives of the magazine.
On Tuesday, the court also awarded Kate and her husband Prince William more than 50,000 euros each in damages for violation of their privacy. The couple had demanded 1.5 million euros.
The publication of the paparazzi photos of bare-breasted Kate caused a stir five years ago and outraged the British royal family.
The pictures, apparently taken with a telephoto lens, showed Kate in the summer of 2012 dressed only in a bikini bottom on the terrace of a luxurious private estate in Provence in the south of France. (SDA)
