Prince William was angered by topless photos of Kate Middleton published in France

The wife of the heir to the throne was at the center of the scandal. Prince William was shocked by photos of Kate Middleton without bras.

Prince William was angered by photos of Kate Middleton with bare breasts published in France

The footage was taken during the newlyweds’ vacation in Provence, France in 2011. The paparazzi captured Kate on the balcony of an ancient castle while she was sunbathing topless. The royal family did everything to prevent the publication of compromising photographs, but they still ended up in the press.

Royal biographer Rob Jobson noted that this was Kate and William’s first major quarrel with the press, and the couple’s representatives had to take emergency measures. Ultimately, the publication was recognized as a violation of the privacy of members of the British royal family. Those involved were fined, and the French magazine Closer paid 100,000 euros in damages. However, all this did not stop the widespread dissemination of photographs and comments on their content.

Donald Trump commented on the scandalous footage; he condemned the future queen for such carelessness. “Kate Middleton is gorgeous, but she shouldn’t be sunbathing naked – she only has herself to blame. Who would have photographed Kate and made a ton of money if she hadn’t been sunbathing naked? Come on, Kate! – the future US President spoke on his page on social networks in 2012.

Jobson said that the publication of the American politician and businessman outraged the prince. “William was furious when Donald Trump wrote that Kate had to blame herself for the topless photos,” the writer said. In his new book, Catherine, Princess of Wales, the author noted that Middleton, then the Duchess of Cambridge, felt insulted after the publication of the footage.

However, according to Rob, this is far from the only case when the heir to the throne was enraged by comments about his wife. William intervened in his chosen one’s conflict with Meghan Markle before the American actress’s wedding to Prince Harry. Kate then forgot some details of the upcoming celebration, and Meghan unsuccessfully joked that her pregnancy was to blame for everything – then Middleton was expecting Prince Louis’s third child, reports the Independent.

“Catherine, according to Harry’s memoir, The Spare One, confronted Meghan about the “baby brain” comment and said, “You were talking about my hormones. We’re not close enough for you to talk about it.” Meghan was surprised, according to Prince Harry, and said it was because of the way she interacted with her friends. William pointed at Meghan and called her rude. Megan stood in front of him and exclaimed: “Get your finger off my face.” Relations between them have definitely cooled, if not deteriorated,” the biographer added.