What have the newspapers done for Princess Diana?

[amabel]

^^^Absolutely agree that she should have considered that she could possibly be photographed in front of the window. Also agree that it was awful that anyone's (public figure or private citizen) workout photos would be taken and published without their knowledge.

I was thinking more that if she had gone to court on the issue of the photo in the gym, the other side would have made much of the fact that she had chosen a gym where she could easily be photographed (or even injured) through a plate glass big window..and that this would be seen as indication that she wasn't that concerned about privacy.  The gym owner's lawyers would have put it that if she chose a public gym, and esp one that was so open to be seen by the ordiarny passer by, she was in effect "out in public" and could not object to photos being taken.

[Duch_Luver_4ever]

You guys, this is like the "wine" (orange vodka)taken from highgrove to devon, etc. you're all off your rockers. The pictures in question were taken by a secret camera over the leg press, thats why there was such an issue out of them, aside from the images themselves.

p.s im picking on all of you that are still going with the window idea, ive mentioned it at least once before, if you guys want to keep deluding yourselves that they were snapped from a window from outside, go to it, beam me up, scotty .......... :ugh:

[amabel]

what are you talking about?  I never said tht they were snapped from a window.  Please read my posts

[Trudie]

The point in all this is Diana should have been allowed a level of privacy. They gym owner breached her right to privacy all in the fact that he wanted publicity for himself and business but the papers were wrong to publish them as she was off duty and entitled to some private time.

[amabel]

Of course he was in the wrong, disgracefully so.  but if she had goene to court, his lawyer would probably have argued that she was "out in public".. that she knew people were around her and could take photos etc...so that her privacy hadn't been breaeched to that extent.  Even if he had lost the case, his legal people would have made various points..

[sandy]

This sort of thing has been controversial for years. Jackie O. was out in public and sued Ron Galella for taking pictures of her. The same argument could be made that she was in a "public place." Jackie arguably more of a target than Diana should have expected to be able to go out in public and walk without someone arguing that she was "out in public." Jackie also had a job later on and was certainly entitled to her privacy as far as going to work. Frank Sinatra's solution was to have his "people" break the cameras and destroy the photos they took of him.

“Smash His Camera”: The man who stalked Jackie O. - Salon.com

[Trudie]

Diana did sue over these photographs taken by the gym owner Bruce Taylor and the case was settled out of court a week before it was to proceed in the courts. The gym owner had to apology and hand over the approximately 300,000.00 pounds he made from there sale which was donated to charity. This was reported in November 1993 by the BBC I just googled it as I was sure that she had sued over this.

[LouisFerdinand]

Which newspaper published the most news about Diana?

[sandy]

I would say all published much news about Diana. James Whitaker was one of the leading writers of Diana stories

[Curryong]

Yes, all the tabloids published articles and photos of Diana, especially the tabloids. I would say the Sun loomed large in those days. The Sun was under Rupert Murdoch's control and journalists there certainly enjoyed themselves during the War of the Wales saga.

[Duch_Luver_4ever]

Richard Kay was a frequent contributor on her behalf back in the day.

[LouisFerdinand]

I would say all published much news about Diana. James Whitaker was one of the leading writers of Diana stories

Which newspaper did James Whitaker work for?

[TLLK]

James Whitaker (1 October 1940 ? 15 February 2012[1]) was an English journalist, specialising in the British royal family.[2]

Born in Cheltenham,[3] he was educated at Cheltenham College. Initially working as an articled clerk in an accountancy firm, in 1963, he became a reporter at the Hounslow, Brentford and Chiswick Post. In 1966, Whitaker scored his first scoop when he went undercover working as a cloakroom attendant in the newly opened Playboy Club in London.[4] In 1967, he moved to the Daily Mail, and in 1971, joined the William Hickey column team at the Daily Express.[5]

In 1975, he joined The Sun, where he struck up a lifelong friendship with Royal photographer Arthur Edwards. As a result, in 1979, he joined the team on the launch of the Daily Star as its Royal reporter. He then moved to the Daily Mirror.

In November 1982, the Daily Mirror assistant editor, Anne Robinson, attended a formal dinner attended by Queen Elizabeth II, at which she noted that Diana, Princess of Wales arrived late. Robinson asked Whitaker to investigate and, after conversations with various sources, including Diana's sister Lady Sarah McCorquodale, confirmed that Diana was suffering from an eating disorder, then identified as anorexia, in a scoop article on 19 November. As a result, the Buckingham Palace Press Secretary, Michael Shea, rang then Mirror's editor Mike Molloy to demand the removal of those involved in the story. Robinson left the paper to start her television career, and it was later confirmed that Diana suffered from bulimia.[6]

Whitaker wrote the book Diana v. Charles which chronicled the deterioration of the relationship between Diana and Prince Charles.

Whitaker was Royal Correspondent for the ITV television programme This Morning. In 2004, he took part in the reality television programme Celebrity Fit Club and was made team captain for the final three weeks and "Mr Fit Club 2004". He was one of three judges on Australia's Australian Princess television programme.

Whitaker was diagnosed with cancer in early 2011. He had operations and chemotherapy.[3][7] Whitaker died the morning of 15 February 2012.[2][8]

@LouisFerdinand From Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitaker_(journalist)
James Whitaker - Wikipedia(journalist)

[amabel]

I thought that the drama was that Diana had arrived at the Festival of Remembrance after the queen, which was unheard of.. and considered very discourteous tot the queen and that she had obviously been losing weight.. so Anne Robinson had asked Whittaker to investigate.

[sandy]

I recall she and Charles had a row and she wanted to stay home then changed her mind...

[TLLK]

I thought that the drama was that Diana had arrived at the Festival of Remembrance after the queen, which was unheard of.. and considered very discourteous tot the queen and that she had obviously been losing weight.. so Anne Robinson had asked Whittaker to investigate.

Yes I believe that was the event and not a formal dinner.

[Duch_Luver_4ever]

Interesting that Sarah was a source for the article....if one knew all the info, their relationship would be an interesting movie. They would have been at home in a Bronte sisters novel.

[SophieChloe]

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