Case Study 8: Paul McCartney v Hello!

• Sir Paul McCartney is photographed with his son and his daughter walking in Paris, seated by the Seine and eating lunch outside a café
• One photograph shows the family inside Notre Dame cathedral and the magazine describes how they lit a candle for Sir Paul's recently deceased wife, Linda, and took some time to meditate in peace
• Sir Paul says he was unaware that he and his family had been stalked by photographers but believes that they took "highly intrusive photographs of us in our most private moments at this very difficult time in our lives"
• The editor of the magazine says the photos were obtained from news agencies and were not taken secretly
• She concedes that the photograph of the family in the cathedral should not have appeared and writes directly to the celebrity to apologise for any distress caused

Should a well-known celebrity like this, photographed in a place open to the public, expect privacy in these cirumstances?