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fandesacs2003 said:France is a Republic, and noblesse titles have been abolished since the French Revolution. All citizens of France and abroad are towards french law equal civil persons and they use only their legal name. It is the law for W+K to be referred like this. Noblesse title are still used by French aristocrats, only in their social life.
I'm sure that even QEII will be referred as Elisabeth Windsor-Bowes Lyon (or Moundbatten, I do not really know)
Got more to do with the fact she isn't Middleton than the none use of their titles.
Channel 5 in the UK are milking the current peak in William and Catherine interest, they are showing a 1 hour baby fever 'documentary'. Discussing how the child will be brought up, where, godparents. Television is in the toilet.
It's not just the papers making money.
The degree of attention and interest among the press when it comes to these two is just bonkers. One of the lawyers was heading into the courtroom in Paris yesterday and they were pursued by what I can only compare to a rugby scrum of TV crews, reporters, photographers apparently from all over the world. I mean, William and Kate weren't even there!
I can only imagine what the press is going to be like when Kate is pregnant and has her first child. I think that's why it's important for them to make the point to the media that there are certain things they won't tolerate. This is the time to do it, rather than when there are little children involved or when Kate is expecting.
My laugh for the day!!!!If we could get William naked, we would have a Royal Trifecta!
The Dutch Royals have the correct idea......and it works.Let's be honest. This won't stop anything, only these special pictures are concerned. French celebrities and the princily family of Monaco have sued several times before including Charlotte casiraghi with criminal charge some months ago. They will only get about 30000-40000 euros (the magazines already have a budget for that kind of lawsuit) and the decision will be seen on closer's next front page but that won't stop Closer for publishing another pictures from another times.
The Dutch Royals have the correct idea......and it works.
My laugh for the day!!!!
Oh gawd! Just great! My country is probably going to be next to publish these pix. I will hang my head in shame that there is no class in American media.
My laugh for the day!!!!
Oh gawd! Just great! My country is probably going to be next to publish these pix. I will hang my head in shame that there is no class in American media.
I'm just glad they won the injunction.
You have that right. I'll be standing next to you in the shamed corner
There is nothing strange at that: France is a republic, so titles are not legally recognised. When you go to court, you are indentified and addressed to by your family name and for a woman by your birth name, what could just had been added would be :
Catherine Middleton, épouse Mountbatten-Windsor, but this is not mandatory.
This is totally usual.