William and Kate Win Privacy Case Against Paris Match

The Prince and Princess of Wales won a French privacy ruling after Paris Match published long‑lens paparazzi photographs and intrusive details of a private family skiing holiday in the French Alps showing them and their children. A judge at the Nanterre Judicial Court found the images and accompanying article infringed the family’s private life and image rights, and ordered Paris Match to publish a judicial notice (with a €10,000 penalty per issue until compliance) and to pay the couple’s legal costs in France. Paris Match has published the court‑ordered judicial notice acknowledging the breach. William and Kate had sought compensation but instead asked the court to require publication of the notice to underline the principle of privacy; Kensington Palace said the ruling reaffirms that the couple and their children are entitled to private family time and that they will continue to take legal action to protect those boundaries. Paris Match is owned by LVMH, a fact commentators say highlights ongoing cross‑border tensions between royal privacy rights and tabloid coverage.