Yesterday, an Italian gossip magazine published photos of (pregnant) Kate Middleton in a bikini.
The Duchess of Cambridge was shown in a bright blue bikini on the cover of the magazine. St. James’s Palace said that the photos were a “clear breach of the couple’s right to privacy.”
Vanessa Raphaely is the editorial director of South Africa’s leading women’s magazines including Oprah, Cosmo and Marie Claire. She’s written about the magazine’s decision to publish the photos of Kate Middleton…
By VANESSA RAPHAELY
Tell me this, please.
Someone! Why is it worse to take photos of HRH The Duchess of Middleton frolicking in the sea, in her bikini, than it is to take pictures of any other celeb?
There has massive outrage and threats of court action against any magazine printing these snatched images of her “baby bump.”
William HQ / Buckingham palace is “outraged.”
(Gosh. They’re always bloody outraged these days.)
But something is not quite fair:
We hear the roars of that outrage from media outlets who gaily print images of pretty much everyone else on the very same page they report it. (Er. That would be YOU, Daily Mail.)
I (and I suspect that this will not be a popular POV,) think she should be treated the same as every other celeb: She’s The Primo Ultimo Celeb, after all.
Not a saint.
Not a victim.
Top Comments
If people didn't buy these mags the paps wouldn't take the pics
Vanessa I have read your article and some of the comments posted below - but not all of them.
Diana died in an accident 15 short years ago. Is your memory, and that of so many others who have posted below, really that short that you can even wonder - let alone ask - what the big deal is about the Kate photos?!
I am flabergasted.