Donald Trump's Tweet About Kate Middleton's Topless Sunbathing Resurfaces
Donald Trump has an active Twitter account. And far from doing the tipsy tweet-and-delete like the rest of us, the US President's tweets tend to live on for posterity, to be resurfaced every time he says something hypocritical.
Today, in the wake of last night's State Banquet - during which Donald and his wife Melania Trump had the honour of dining alongside the Queen, but also Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge - one particular tweet has been called up, posted by Trump back in 2012.
In the 2012 tweet, Donald Trump perceptibly criticises the Duchess of Cambridge for her part in a series of paparazzi images that appeared, displaying her sunbathing without anything covering her upper torso.
Who wouldn't take Kate's picture and make lots of money if she does the nude sunbathing thing. Come on Kate!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 17, 2012
When the paparazzi photos first appeared, it sparked a furious debate about the Duchess of Cambridge's right to privacy. The photos were allegedly taken with a long range, telescopic lens, and intruded on a holiday that Middleton was sharing with her, then, brand new husband Prince William, in a supposedly secret location in the South of France.
A lawsuit ensued, with a court order for French magazine Closer (who published the pics) to pay the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge 100,000 euros in damages and two staffers an additional 90,000 euros in fines.
The debate about how the tabloid press handles the royal family first kicked off with international attention, after Princess Diana's death, with claims that a paparazzi pursuit of her car the chief factor in the crash that caused her demise.
The general understanding, post Diana, has been that although we are entitled to a fair degree of transparency about the royal family's whereabouts and activities, this should not be to the point of damaging their health and it is not to the total sacrifice of their personal privacy.
Trump's tweet implies that he doesn't agree with the above stance. His 'come on Kate!' suggests that the Duchess of Cambridge was to blame for the violation of her privacy.
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