The picture editor of Britain's Daily Mail newspaper says up to 400 photographs of the Duchess of Cambridge's sister, Pippa Middleton, cross his desk every day.
Paul Silva says the younger sister of the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, typically has eight or nine photographers camped outside her door and estimated that they produce between "300 to 400 pictures" of her daily.
Silva was answering questions at the Leveson Inquiry, a judge-led investigation into the ethics of the country's media.
The inquiry was set up in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal centred on the News of the World newspaper and has heard from celebrities who say they were hounded by paparazzi.
Silva said yesterday that he saw no need to constantly run photographs of Pippa Middleton going about her daily business.
"There is no reason to photograph her when she is out and about doing her own thing," he said. "At the moment there are nine or 10 agencies outside her house (on most days). If she goes to get coffee, she goes back into her house, we get 300 to 400 pictures … There is no justification for using them."
By Heraldsun
