Two people in France have been charged with 'invasion of privacy' for their involvement in the publication of topless photos of Kate Middleton last September.

The topless photos, originally published in Closer, were taken while Prince William and Kate Middleton were staying at Chateau d'Autet in Provence, France.

According to the Huffington Post, the first person charged is Ernesto Mauri, the CEO of Mondadori, the company responsible for publishing Closer in France.

After the events transpired last year, the royal family sued Closer and the magazine was ordered to handover all topless photos of Middleton.

"These snapshots which showed the intimacy of a couple, partially naked on the terrace of a private home, surrounded by a park several hundred meters from a public road, and being able to legitimately assume that they are protected from passers-by, are by nature particularly intrusive. (They) were thus subjected to this brutal display the moment the cover appeared," wrote the judge, according to Inquisitr.

Valerie Suau, a photographer of a local paper, La Provence, has also been charged with invasion of privacy for pictures of Middleton. However, those photos featured Middleton wearing a bikini, reports the National Post.

It is still unknown who took the original topless photos.

Huffington Post reports that the French court will release their decision on the case on June 5.

Here is a video news report into the developments:

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