Kate Middleton, the future Queen of England, was caught on camera not wearing her top as well as showing her bottom. Although she was sunbathing in the nude on private property, she was visible to the public: that is, the photographer took the pictures from a public area.
The British government obtained a court order forbidding the publication of the pictures. But is this an infringement of freedom of the press? And, more importantly, are the rich and elite outside the realm of laws applicable to ordinary citizens?
In fact, if Kate Middleton’s nudity was visible from a public area, and if nudity is prohibited in public by law, should not Kate then be subject to arrest for breaking the law instead of the photographer and the magazine being subject to possible fines and penalties and imprisonment?
Needless to say, if you or I sunbathed nude in our backyard, and if our neighbors saw us and called the police, in all likelihood we would be arrested for indecent behavior. And our pictures, like any other criminal, would be on the evening news. The point that I am making is if Kate Middleton did not want nude pictures of herself published in magazines, perhaps she should not have been sunbathing in the nude, especially where she was visible from public areas. The same set of laws should apply to her and all the other elites in the world that apply to you and me. I believe that is commonly referred to as justice.
But the British wouldn’t know about justice, would they? We had to fight them on that issue over two hundred years ago.
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I find it ridiculous that this makes news anyway. Why does it matter if she is naked? Give them a break.
Also it’s a shame you feel the need to bring up something that happened 200 years ago.
I agree: it does not matter that she sunbathes in the nude. But she and William desire to put the photographer in jail. What’s the big deal?
Regarding the British tyranny 200 years ago, which you feel is a shame to bring up, I disagree. The point I was trying to make is that there are two sets of rules and justice: one for us; and one for the elite and privileged. If you and I sunbathed in the nude within public eye, we would be arrested, not the photographer.
she is an idiot. she knows the press follows her everywhere. i have no pitty. it shows both she and william are total morons
She is so plastic that she makes Barbie look real.
Fully agree!
Thank you for seeing the point I was trying to make: that the privilege and elite are accorded a special treatment from the courts and the law.
So if I sun bath nude in my back yard and some one takes satilliet photos of me that makes it okay for them to do that?
If I sunbathed in the nude in my back yard and I were visible like Kate was, my neighbors would probably call the police and I would be arrested. In Kate’s case, the photographer will be arrested.