Prince William demanded 1.5 million Euros compensation over topless photographs of his wife Catherine after revealing how they had brought back distressing¹ memories of the “harassment²” suffered by his mother Diana.

 

威廉王子称，妻子凯特王妃的“上空照”让他回想起母亲戴安娜王妃遭受“骚扰”的痛苦记忆，他要求索赔150万欧元。

 

In a statement read at the opening of a criminal case brought over pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing³ topless the Prince described the decision to publish the images as "particularly shocking".

 

The couple are also demanding a "very significant fine" from France's Closer magazine for publishing the photographs, taken during a three-day break in a chateau⁴ in Provence, southern France, in September 2012.

 

William expressed his anger at the incident in a statement read to a court in Nanterre, west of Paris, where six media representatives, including three photographers, went on trial for alleged⁵ invasion of privacy.

 

In a damning account of the impact of the photographs on his family, the Duke of Cambridge stated that the images were "all the more painful" given the harassment linked to the death of his mother.

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