Britain’s Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have released a statement warning the media to stay away from Prince George.
Kensington Palace shared the statement after police caught a man hiding out in his car with a long lens waiting to capture an image of the 2-year-old Prince at a children’s play park, according to Sky News.
The statement read: "The Duke and Duchess are glad that leaders in the media industry share the view that every child, regardless of their future public role, deserves a safe, happy, and private childhood."
"It is of course upsetting that such tactics – reminiscent as they are of past surveillance by groups intent on doing more than capturing images – are being deployed to profit from the image of a two-year-old boy."
They warned that this kind of behaviour will deter from security knowing if a person is a risk or just trying to take a photograph.
It continued: "In a heightened security environment such tactics are a risk to all involved. The worry is that it will not always be possible to quickly distinguish between someone taking photos and someone intending to do more immediate harm."
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge warn paparazzi
