Britain’s Duchess Catherine deserved privacy when she was dating Prince William, a jury at the Old Bailey has heard.
The former News of the World royal editor Clive Goodman, who hacked the 32-year-old royal’s phone 155 times, fell below "standards" it was announced in court.
David Spens QC said: "I am not inviting any sympathy for Mr Goodman. Any sympathy for him has been forfeited by his admission that he hacked Kate Middleton, Prince William and Prince Harry, which was a shameful thing to do.
"It’s all to do with maintaining high standards of journalism – respecting anyone’s right to privacy, not just Kate Middleton.
"Mr Goodman had recognised he had fallen below those standards."
Meanwhile, the Duchess of Cambridge is under the spotlight because an image baring her bottom have been published by a German newspaper online.
The decision to print the image in Bild has sparked a privacy row between Clarence House and members of the European media, according to the Huffington Post.
The revealing photograph was taken by celebrated photographer Diane Von Furstenberg during Kate Middleton and Prince William’s recent trip to Australia, after the wind from a helicopter blew up Kate’s skirt on a visit to the Blue Mountains near Sydney.
Duchess Catherine’s deserved privacy, jury told
