We all know how cute England’s Prince George is. The whole world lets out a collective sigh,  whenever picture of  Britain’s heir pops up, but what about their privacy?

According to the Kensington Palace, office and residence of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,  some  paparazzi are  taking it to the extreme  to catch a glimpse of the adorable two-year-old.

The  Palace has written to the media asking them not to publish images taken by paparazzi photographers.  A line has been crossed, the letter says.

The statement refers to an incident where a photographer parked outside a children’s play area and lay in the trunk in the hope of capturing a picture of the young prince:

  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. 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.

The Kensington Palace also listed out incidents in  recent months where photographers have:

• Used long range lenses to capture images of Kate playing with Prince George in a number of private parks
• Monitored Prince George and his nanny’s movements around London parks
• The movements of their household staff were also monitored by photographers
• Children of individuals visiting the home of William and Kate were photographed
• Photographers followed cars leaving family homes
• Other children were used around playgrounds to draw Prince George into view
• Photographers have been found hiding in fields and woodland around the Duke and Duchess’s home in Norfolk
• In order to take photos of Prince George playing with his grandmother, they hid among sand dunes on a beach.
• Put the Middleton family home in Berkshire under surveillance

They have been delighted to share photos of their children and will continue to do so in the months and years ahead.

— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) August 14, 2015

Yet undercover paparazzi continue to pursue their children, selling images of Prince George to international publications.

— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) August 14, 2015

“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,” read the statement.

What do you think?