Duchess of Cambridge Is Pregnant

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting a baby, St James's Palace announced today.

The Duchess of Cambridge, the former Kate Middleton, is understood to have found out last month that she was pregnant, and had not intended to go public with the news until she was at least 12 weeks pregnant.

But after being admitted to hospital with a bout of acute morning sickness, the Duke and Duchess decided to make the announcement early to avoid any speculation about her condition.

Royal sources refused to say how many weeks pregnant the Duchess is, but confirmed she has not yet reached the 12-week stage.

The Duchess, 30, is suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum, which means she needs to be given extra fluids and nutrition, and is likely to remain in hospital for several days. » | Monday, December 03, 2012

Duke Asks for Criminal Prosecution of French Photographer over Topless Kate Pictures

THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will tomorrow ask prosecutors in France to launch criminal proceedings against the photographer who took topless pictures of the Duchess and the French magazine which published them.

If successful, the move could lead to the paparazzo and the editor of the magazine being jailed for up to a year and fined a maximum of £36,000.

Lawyers for the couple will tomorrow make a formal criminal complaint of breach of privacy and trespass at a court hearing near Paris, where they are also expected to be granted an interim civil injunction banning the French magazine Closer from printing any more pictures and ordering it to remove any images from its website.

It will then be for French prosecutors to decide whether to investigate and pursue the allegations.

A St James's Palace spokesman said: "We can confirm that a criminal complaint is to be made to the French Prosecution Department.

"The complaint concerns the taking of photographs of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge whilst on holiday and the publication of those photographs in breach of their privacy."

Meanwhile, William and Kate have appealed to foreign newspapers and magazines to show “common sense and decency” by refraining from publishing further topless photographs. » | Gordon Rayner in Honiara, Solomon Islands and Sam Marsden | Sunday, September 16, 2012