Pictures of Prince William...

[Graham F]

Were The Sun right in publishing pictures of Prince William skiing with this girl?

They claim that its in the national intrest to post these pictures. I kinda of agree with them to an extent as this girl could become then Queen at some point. I think as long as now that they have been pictured together its not going to turn into the sort of hunt that happened to Dodi and Diana then its ok.

[gazzae]

i think they should be left alone, growing up is hard enough to do with out be followed by a photographer.

Anyway how exactly does the Sun know that they are going out together?

Originally Posted by Scooby

Were The Sun right in publishing pictures of Prince William skiing with this girl?

They claim that its in the national intrest to post these pictures. I kinda of agree with them to an extent as this girl could become then Queen at some point. I think as long as now that they have been pictured together its not going to turn into the sort of hunt that happened to Dodi and Diana then its ok.

As far as i can see its none of our business, yes she may become queen but then again she might not, so why is it important to the nation?

[Graham F]

I don't think that the Royals have even tried to deny that she is, which would tend to indicate that they are (if you catch my dirft)

[Jerrek]

Nothing wrong with it. Would I look at it? Not really. It doesn't interest me.

[Simon Rochelle]

I dont think its wrong, i mean, he is a celebraty really, and thats what happens to celebraties, they get pictures taken and put into the papers, however, i think the Sun went just a bit to far with its several pages of coverage and pictures.

Originally Posted by Simon Rochelle

I dont think its wrong, i mean, he is a celebraty really, and thats what happens to celebraties, they get pictures taken and put into the papers, however, i think the Sun went just a bit to far with its several pages of coverage and pictures.

Sorry, but, no, I don't think Prince William is a "celebrity", certainly *not* in the modern sense of the word (ie a usually publicity hungry non-entity ).

He has as much right as anyone who does not court publicity to have a private life and be able to meet people *without* paparazzi peering over his shoulder.

People and newspapers should remember that "public interest" does *NOT* mean "what the public is interested in", it means "of benefit to the public" eg it's in the Public Interest to prove a cabinet minister lied to them, but what someone gets up to in their private life (provided it doesn't affect their job) is not in the Public Interest (that's just public nosyness!)

[sir_drinks_alot]

by the time William is of the age whan he will become king the Royal family
would have abdicated man there are more important thing going on in the
world than who some spoilt brat is dateing

read this
REPUBLIC Campaign

[SOSAGES]

people read the sun?

[Pierre]

He'd better get use to it, he's 20 odd years old now. He's a man not a boy and the future king of the UK.

A typical high handed response from the palace to ban the Sun from any future official photo calls.

In this era of intense media and celebrity the royal family should learn how to manage the media. Come to an agreement with the glossy mags about what is acceptable and what isn't. When photographers know what they can sell and what they can't things will be easier for him.

Even Z-list celebs are stalked by photographers.

He's the A of the A-list so it's not going to get any easier.

Were the Sun out of order? No.

[Halcyon]

Leave him alone I'd say.
These are the years of his life where he should be having the most fun and with cameras in his face all the time, it will just ruin his life completly.

[danielf]

I think the issue is there was an agreement between the media and the Royal family that he'd be left alone in return for a photocall on Sunday. The sun breached that agreement claiming 'public interest'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3588945.stm

If the Sun feels fit to break the agreement, I think the Royals have every right to ban them from photocalls for a while.

[Nugget]

Originally Posted by danielf

I think the issue is there was an agreement between the media and the Royal family that he'd be left alone in return for a photocall on Sunday. The sun breached that agreement claiming 'public interest'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3588945.stm

If the Sun feels fit to break the agreement, I think the Royals have every right to ban them from photocalls for a while.

I don't think that the pictures were in 'the public interest', but I'm not bothered if the Sun prints them (it's not like I read it anyway). However, I thought that all of the arrangements regarding photos of William only ran until he was 18 - as an adult in his position, surely the palace understand that the tabloids are going to be trying to get pictures / information about him (although I'm not saying that it's justified).

At the end of the day, we live in a democracy that is meant to show freedom of the press - surely banning the Sun from photocalls breaches this?

[danielf]

Originally Posted by Nugget

I don't think that the pictures were in 'the public interest', but I'm not bothered if the Sun prints them (it's not like I read it anyway). However, I thought that all of the arrangements regarding photos of William only ran until he was 18 - as an adult in his position, surely the palace understand that the tabloids are going to be trying to get pictures / information about him (although I'm not saying that it's justified).

At the end of the day, we live in a democracy that is meant to show freedom of the press - surely banning the Sun from photocalls breaches this?

My understanding is there was an arrangement specific to this vacation which was breached by the Sun.

[Nugget]

Originally Posted by danielf

My understanding is there was an arrangement specific to this vacation which was breached by the Sun.

Ah - well, if there was, I stand corrected