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| Prince George 'being harassed by paparazzi' | Prince George 'being harassed by paparazzi' |
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| Paparazzi harassment of Prince George has increased in recent months and their tactics are becoming increasingly dangerous, Kensington Palace has said. | Paparazzi harassment of Prince George has increased in recent months and their tactics are becoming increasingly dangerous, Kensington Palace has said. |
| The warning came as it appealed to world media to prevent the publication of unauthorised photographs of the two-year-old prince. | The warning came as it appealed to world media to prevent the publication of unauthorised photographs of the two-year-old prince. |
| Some paparazzi had gone to "extreme lengths" and "a line has been crossed", the palace said. | |
| It wants to "inform public discussion" on the photography of children. | It wants to "inform public discussion" on the photography of children. |
| The palace said a small number of media organisations, mostly in Germany, France, Australia, New Zealand and the US, had published photos of Prince George in "unacceptable circumstances". | |
| However it said the "vast majority", and all UK publications, had refused. | However it said the "vast majority", and all UK publications, had refused. |
| The palace says that in recent months, photographers have: | The palace says that in recent months, photographers have: |
| It said the most recent incident, which was last week, involved a photographer who was discovered by police lying down in the boot of a rented car attempting to shoot photos outside a children's play area. | It said the most recent incident, which was last week, involved a photographer who was discovered by police lying down in the boot of a rented car attempting to shoot photos outside a children's play area. |
| Kensington Palace tweeted: "The Duke and Duchess want to extend their thanks for the kind and supportive messages they have received in recent months. | Kensington Palace tweeted: "The Duke and Duchess want to extend their thanks for the kind and supportive messages they have received in recent months. |
| "They have been delighted to share photos of their children and will continue to do so in the months and years ahead. | "They have been delighted to share photos of their children and will continue to do so in the months and years ahead. |
| "Yet undercover paparazzi continue to pursue their children, selling images of Prince George to international publications." | "Yet undercover paparazzi continue to pursue their children, selling images of Prince George to international publications." |
| In the letter, Kensington Palace communications secretary Jason Knauf said: "It is of course upsetting that such tactics - reminiscent as they are of past surveillance by groups intent on doing more than capturing images - are being deployed to profit from the image of a two-year-old boy. | |
| "In a heightened security environment such tactics are a risk to all involved. | |
| "The worry is that it will not always be possible to quickly distinguish between someone taking photos and someone intending to do more immediate harm." | |
| The BBC's royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell said: "There is a huge amount of money to be made by the [paparazzi] photographers, by the magazines which published these photographs. | |
| "They would say their readers want to see these pictures of this cute little boy - but the downside of that, and the side that William and Catherine and Kensington Palace are keen to emphasise, is that this is intruding on the privacy of a two-year-old and using a two-year-old to make a large amount of money." | |
| He said the issue was a "very difficult area of law". | |
| "If you are in a public place and if the photographer is not breaching the peace, it is unclear about what the law would say about the behaviour of these photographers," our correspondent added. |