British newspaper, The Guardian, has published a profile piece on The Mail on Sunday’s editor, Peter Wright. In the article Wright touches on the subject of the paparazzi and the young royals…
Wright has criticised photographers who hound Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton, saying it was a “difficult area – one person’s freedom of expression is another person’s invasion of privacy”.
“I think this is something we all have to look at very carefully,” he added. “I have been giving a lot of thought over the last year to the situation of Prince William and Kate Middleton and I think there is a strong case that photographers following somebody all day every day whatever they are doing is not right.
“But if you are second in line to the throne and you go to a nightclub with your girlfriend and you come out and you are drunk and pictures are taken I think it’s a different matter.”
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Pity it is so difficult to find the Mail over here — would have so enjoyed reading up on Mr. Barry Manilow, in addition to the article about the Royals and the paparazzi.
JMO, but I say let them have their pictures of the Royals coming out of a public place such a Boujis but is it really necessary to see Catherine inside of Starbucks ordering her white chocolate mocha? I think not! Nor do I find it necessary to see pictures of the poor thing inhaling car exhaust as she peddles her way to work — way too intrusive if you ask me!
or getting into a cab and the paparazzi really have to kneel down, go upside down, lean over the cab, stick the camara up her and zoom in
whatever moves of the royalties, paparazzi reacts. the camera is zoom in, zoom out! they’re always there.
“I think there is a strong case that photographers following somebody all day every day whatever they are doing is not right.”
I notice that the editor hasn’t actually let his opinion get in the way of publishing paparazzi shots.
In the past the Daily Mail has published plenty of photos where photos have ‘stalked’ their targets.
It doesn’t matter whether they’ve been taken by the paper’s photographers or photo agencies – it’s the fact that he’s publishing them.
A tad hypocritical me thinks…