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Hello! Prince George

Duchess of Cambridge accused of 'image control' over Hello! Prince George paparazzi snaps

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By John Glenday, Reporter

February 4, 2014 | 2 min read

The Royal Family have made no comment on the latest batch of long lens photos to intrude upon their private lives, following the publication of paparazzi snaps of Prince George in Hello! magazine.

The pictures stirred no rebuke from Kensington Palace which has taken a tough line on such intrusions in the past, despite it being the first time that images of the six-month old prince have made it into print.

A deafening silence from both the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, ostensibly because the images were taken in a public place, has led some legal experts to question whether the Royals are exercising ‘image control’ rather than protecting their privacy.

Recent inconsistencies have seen the Palace object to publication of pictures showing an unhappy looking Duke getting off a train in Cambridge, in marked contrast to the more recent images which show the duchess beaming.

Privacy expert Chris Hutchings, of law firm Hamlins, told The Telegraph: “Privacy is a very uncertain area of the law. It has ebbed and flowed over the past 10 years, but what previous cases have established is that there should be a degree of consistency.

“If you do permit some things and not others it is a form of image control as opposed to a form of privacy.”

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