Monday, September 24, 2012

French Closer Editor 'Receives Death Threats Over Duchess Topless Pictures'

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: French magazine Closer on Monday said its editor Laurence Pieau had received death threats for publishing pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing topless.

"We have received more than 300 insulting emails of which several contain death threats," Closer said, adding that it had notified the police.


After their debut in the French weekly, the photos of the Duchess of Cambridge have appeared in magazines in Denmark and Sweden, Ireland's Daily Star and Italy's Chi, which like Closer is owned by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's Mondari media group.

The pictures were taken when the royals were vacationing in southern France at a chateau owned by Viscount Linley, the son of Princess Margaret, the deceased sister of the Queen.

After publication, Pieau defended them saying they were not in the "least shocking". » | Telegraph reporters | Monday, September 24, 2012