The Prince and Princess of Wales have secured a legal victory in France after a court found that the French magazine Paris Match published long-lens paparazzi photographs of them and their children during a private holiday in the Alps in April 2025, unlawfully infringing on their right to a private family life.
The ruling comes decades after a landmark 2012 case in which topless photographs of the then-Duchess of Cambridge were published by the magazine Closer, prompting a criminal complaint and civil action. That incident heightened William's longstanding determination to safeguard his family's privacy, in light of the tragic death of his mother, Princess Diana.
