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| Queen issues warning to paparazzi | Queen issues warning to paparazzi |
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| The Queen has issued a strong warning to newspapers not to publish paparazzi pictures of the Royal Family. | |
| Her lawyers have reminded papers of privacy obligations under their own code of practice amid anger about intrusions into their lives. | Her lawyers have reminded papers of privacy obligations under their own code of practice amid anger about intrusions into their lives. |
| Photographers will be monitored on public roads around the Sandringham estate in Norfolk this Christmas. | Photographers will be monitored on public roads around the Sandringham estate in Norfolk this Christmas. |
| Prince Charles' spokesman said the Royal Family had a right to privacy during "everyday private activities". | |
| The Prince of Wales' spokesman Paddy Harverson said: "Members of the Royal Family feel they have a right to privacy when they are going about everyday, private activities. | |
| "They recognise there is a public interest in them and what they do, but they do not think this extends to photographing the private activities of them and their friends." | "They recognise there is a public interest in them and what they do, but they do not think this extends to photographing the private activities of them and their friends." |
| This is very much a warning shot across the bows BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt | This is very much a warning shot across the bows BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt |
| In the past freelance photographers have spent many hours touring Sandringham to try and "snatch" pictures of the family on the estate. | In the past freelance photographers have spent many hours touring Sandringham to try and "snatch" pictures of the family on the estate. |
| Prince William has expressed concern after he and Kate Middleton were "aggressively" pursued by the paparazzi in 2007. | Prince William has expressed concern after he and Kate Middleton were "aggressively" pursued by the paparazzi in 2007. |
| And some still blame the paparazzi for their role in the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in a Paris car crash a decade earlier. | And some still blame the paparazzi for their role in the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in a Paris car crash a decade earlier. |
| BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt said legal action, possibly on the grounds of harassment, was a long way off but could be taken if the royal appeals are ignored. | BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt said legal action, possibly on the grounds of harassment, was a long way off but could be taken if the royal appeals are ignored. |
| He said: "This is very much a warning shot across the bows. After years of turning a blind eye, senior royals have decided to take a more robust approach to what they see as unjustified intrusion." | He said: "This is very much a warning shot across the bows. After years of turning a blind eye, senior royals have decided to take a more robust approach to what they see as unjustified intrusion." |