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French court rules on topless photos of Kate Middleton

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    Amy Kellogg reports from London

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Much different story now breaking this morning more on the topless photos of Kate Middleton a French court.

Ordering a French magazine to hand over the topless photos all of them.

While prince William's wife but is the ruling a bit too little too late Amy Kellogg strategies and then what happens now in the after this courtroom.

Hi bill Willis spokesman for the royal couple has issued a statement saying that they welcome the injunction.

Of course it's injunction though as you mentioned means that the pictures have to be handed over and they cannot be re published.

But still there is the issue of the -- Iraq -- who took them still out there.

Cover of the sun today bill find -- rats that -- photographer has not been identified yet.

Officially that said to be a woman and there is a criminal case -- out against her.

Now when you talk about too little too late bill in the photos are all over the Internet.

Closer magazine is selling on eBay for multiple times it's newsstand price and an Italian magazine yesterday.

Published 826.

Page spread.

Of these photographs under is screaming headline.

The queen is naked also and Irish magazine has published the pictures now again.

These pictures are of the couple -- -- -- that was owned by a family member in Provence in the south of France are basically.

Topless photographs that the Italian magazine is also publish one.

Like Kate lowering her bikini bottoms so that her husband can apply sun screen.

Too little too late may be built but the fact is that they are sending a signal to the press this royal couple.

That they will not take it and they will not stand by quietly people invade their privacy and.

In the meantime -- get an Italian magazine that's -- it is something similar what damages the French magazine responsible for it and.

Well -- I have to -- of a nominal fine they have to pay for the couple's legal fees.

If they don't turn over the images within 24 hours they will pay 101000 euros which is about 121000 dollars.

And if they break the injunction and republished or resell these photographs that's another 101000 euros in every single instance we don't know -- though.

About the emotional damage that this is caused to the couple.

They run at very high profile tour of Asia.

When these pictures were published in fact they -- all -- -- about to go to a -- Kate was wearing a -- trying to be respectful of the customs yesterday the lawyer for the couple in court said that.

Really you want the lawyers to put themselves the judges to put themselves in the in the place of of Kate's husband Prince William.

And her parents and understand that she's not an object she's -- young woman.

And that these photographs have caused an awful lot of distress -- thanks Amy Kellogg watching that story out of London we'll see the next step on.