After filing a criminal complaint over publication of topless photos of Kate Middleton, Prince William and Kate Middleton are seeing progress.
The French tabloid, Closer was the first to publish the images of Kate Middleton and Prince William on vacation in the south of France in a private chateau. The scandalous images showed numerous shots of Middleton sunbathing without her top on.
A French court recently blocked the magazine, Closer from running the images and ordered it to surrender digital copies of the photogaphs. The court has also opened a criminal investigation into whether the magazine and the photographer should face charges for invading Prince William and Kate Middleton's privacy.
Valerie Suau was the photographer behind the photos. According to E! St. James Palace said in a statement, "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge welcome the judge's ruling."
Closer has 24 hours to turn over the photos or they will face a fine of about $10,400. On Sunday the Irish Daily Star which also ran the photos was suspended. The Justice Minister Alan Shatter said according to E! "Some sections of the print media are either unable or unwilling in their reportage to distinguish between 'prurient interest' and 'the public interest'."
The Italian magazine Chi who had also published the topless photos, has not yet been affected and the royals have yet to say whether they plan to sue or not. Chi is under the same ownershop as Closer by Mondadori. Mondadori said in a statement that they believe the, "content is clearly newsworthy, without in any way being damaging to the subjects."
Kate and Will are still currently on their Diamond Jubilee world tour in South East Asia.
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