Thursday, September 20, 2012

Photographer of Topless Duchess Pictures Was British, French Paparazzi Claim

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The photographer who took the topless pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge is British, French paparazzi claimed today.

French paparazzi Pascal Rostain said the snapper who staked out the Royal couple on holiday was an Englishman living in the south of France.

And the photographer was spying on their French chateau [sic] on the orders of France's Closer magazine - the first to publish 13 intimate images of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge last week - he said.

Mr Rostain, in his 40s, is a close friend of former French First Lady Carla Bruni and one of France's most notorious long lens photographers.

He told France Metro newspaper in Lyon: "The irony of this whole thing is that the photographer who took these pictures is an Englishman living in the south of France. » | Telegraph reporters | Thursday, September 20, 2012