Prince William demanded a one and a half million euros from the tabloids for publishing a photo of his wife topless

The British royal family demanded from the French tabloid Closer and La Provence newspaper one and a half million euros compensation due to 2012 publications, on which the wife of Prince William Kate was photographed topless , Sky News reports.

On charges of violating the right to personal life before the French court, six people involved in the publication of pictures, including the Closer editor, the publisher of La Provence and photographers, the BBC Russian service reports.

The representative of the plaintiff insisted that the publication of photographs became especially difficult for Prince William, given how paparazzi pursued his mother - Princess Diana. The member of the royal family himself, the second in the queue of the heirs of the throne of the United Kingdom, and his wife did not appear at the meeting.

Two photographers at the meeting said they did not take scandalous pictures, as they could not find a couple, Reuters reports.

A lawyer protecting the interests of the defendant helped that the photographs had important public importance, since at that moment rumors were rumored that the Duchess of Cambridge was suffering from anorexia, and these personnel refuted these gossip.

The prosecutors asked the court to appoint a large fine to the accused.

The French tabloid Closer and the La Provence newspaper in September 2012 published pictures in which the Duchess of Cambridge was shot with naked breasts at the swimming pool. The photographs were taken during the rest of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in the castle in France visiting the cousin of William Lord Linly.