PRINCE WILLIAM - KATE MIDDLETON

Prince William complains of aggressive chase by paparazzi

11 October, 2007

BY OUR CELEBRITY REPORTER

Prince William, son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, has complained of being “aggressively” pursued by paparazzi.

This has come days after the start of the inquest in London into the death of Princess Diana in a crash in a Parish subway 10 years ago while being followed by photographers.

Pictures of Prince William, the second in line to the British Throne, and his girlfriend Kate Middleton were published in some newspapers on October 5,
2007, after they left the Boujis nightclub in South Kensington, London, together in the early hours of the morning.

Clarence House said Prince William had been concerned by the “threatening behavior” of photographers who pursued the pair on motorcycles and in cars.

Paddy Harverson, spokesman for Clarence House, said the timing was “incomprehensible,” given the continuing inquest into the death of Prince William’s mother and Dodi Al Fayed in 1997.

Harverson elaborated: “Prince William was concerned by the threatening behaviour of the paparazzi in London. Having already been photographed leaving the nightclub, he and Kate Middleton were then pursued in his car by photographers on motorcycles, in vehicles, and on foot. The aggressive
pursuit was potentially dangerous and worrying for them. It seems incomprehensible, particularly at this time, that this behavior is still going on.”

He said the matter has been raised with the Press Complaints Commission.

In a statement, the Press Complaints Commission said that while freelance photographers are not directly regulated by the organization, editors must not publish photographs which are taken through harassment. “It can, of course, be difficult for editors to establish the exact circumstances in which a photograph is taken,” said the Press Complaints Commission. “But it is of the utmost importance not to use photographs which have been taken in a manner that may have compromised the safety of individuals, which may include pursuit in vehicles.”

The Daily Mail was reported to have removed a paparazzi photograph from its front page, substituting a photograph of the couple watching rugby.

Speculation surrounding the on-off relationship of Prince William and Kate Middleton, who could one day be queen, has sparked the same media furor which haunted the young Diana Spencer during her engagement to Prince Charles.

Prince William and Kate Middleton, both 27, who met at St Andrews University, ended their four-year relationship in April 2007 following increasing pressure from the media. Kate Middleton had even contacted the Press Complaints Commission over alleged harassment after the Daily Mirror published a picture of her walking to work.

In the summer of 2007, rumors circulated that the pair had revived their relationship after they were spotted at the same public events. Kate was in
the royal box for the concert held in memory of Princess Diana at Wembley Stadium in July 2007.

During the inquest into the tragic death of Princess Diana, which began on October 2, 2007, the jury has heard how photographers pursued Diana’s Mercedes in cars and on motorbikes before the fatal crash in Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris on August 31, 1997.

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