Describing a particularly “disturbing” incident that took place last week, the letter written by the Palace read: “A photographer rented a car and parked in a discreet location outside a children's play area. Already concealed by darkened windows, he took the added step of hanging sheets inside the vehicle and created a hide stocked with food and drinks to get him through a full day of surveillance, waiting in hope to capture images of Prince George. Police discovered him lying down in the boot of the vehicle attempting to shoot photos with a long lens through a small gap in his hide.”
While the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge enjoy sharing pictures of their children, they are worried about not being able to provide a childhood for Prince George and Princess Charlotte that is “free from harassment and surveillance.”
Talking about the incident, Kate and William’s communication secretary, Jason Knauf, said: "It is of course upsetting that such tactics - reminiscent as they are of past surveillance by groups intent on doing more than capturing images - are being deployed to profit from the image of a two-year-old boy.
"In a heightened security environment such tactics are a risk to all involved. The worry is that it will not always be possible to quickly distinguish between someone taking photos and someone intending to do more immediate harm."
