Kate Middleton Topless Photos: Charges Filed, Invasion of
Privacy Cited  by at . Comments  French authorities have charged
a photographer and a publishing executive for printing the now-
infamous Kate Middleton topless photos last summer.  Ernesto
Maurim, who runs the French magazine Closer, was charged with
invasion of privacy for printing topless photos of the Duchess
of Cambridge.  A Smiling Kate Middleton  Photographer Valerie
Suau, who took pictures of Middleton, 31, for regional newspaper
La Provence, was also charged, according to the Mirror (UK).
The incident occurred while Kate and Prince William were on
vacation at a Provence chateau. Suau has denied taking the semi-
nude photos of Kate.  A still unidentified paparazzo is credited
with those controversial images of the Duchess, which were later
published in Italy, Ireland, Sweden and Denmark.  Whomever too
them, the magazine took plenty of heat for the spread.  Kate and
Prince William sued Closer in September, and a court
subsequently barred publicat