The Prosecutor's Office asks for the maximum fine against the magazine that published the photos of Catalina topless

The prosecutor in the case against the French magazine Closer, which published in 2012 photos of Catherine, the wife of Prince William of England, topless, asked this Wednesday to impose the maximum fine provided by law, equivalent to 45,000 euros, on the publication. an appeal hearing. The French celebrity magazine returned to the dock to appeal a fine to which it was convicted for publishing on September 14, 2012, photos showing Catalina and Guillermo at the edge of a swimming pool in a luxurious estate from Luberon, in the south of France. In them, the duchess wore only the bottom of the bikini. The representative of the public prosecutor, Marc Brisset-Foucault, evoked before the court of appeals of Versailles that the photograph caused "absolutely considerable damage" to the royal couple. These photographs taken with a telephoto lens had provoked the fury of the British royal family and the tabloids of that country.In a trial in September, the leaders of the magazine were sentenced to a fine of 45,000 euros (the maximum amount) and the two photographers who took the snapshots at 10,000 euros each. Both deny being the authors.