American editors, on the other hand, don't have that problem

Oct 18, 2014 14:59 GMT  ·  By
Kate Middleton is seen exiting the doctor's office together with William, who is clutching the ultrasound photos
   Kate Middleton is seen exiting the doctor's office together with William, who is clutching the ultrasound photos

The big news today isn't the fact that Kate Middleton was photographed as she was leaving her doctor with the ultrasound photos of her unborn baby(ies) in hand, but the fact that there is a media war going on between American and British journalists.

Kate Middleton has been pretty much MIA in the last month, and as luck would have it, the first time she stepped out in public and she was photographed was as she headed out of her doctor's office, with the ultrasound of her pregnancy in her hand.

A new media war is brewing as Brits bowed out of publishing the intimate photos but they ended up in American media nonetheless

The grainy photos were at first offered to British newspapers and magazines but it seems that none of them would pick them up, claiming that it would be an unforgivable invasion of the Duchess' privacy. The American media, on the other hand, didn't have the same principles.

The NY Daily News has gotten the exclusive rights to publish the grainy photographs that were taken on a rainy night, seemingly from a long distance away. In them, Kate and Prince William are seen leaving a doctor's office believed to be that of royal obstetrician Alan Farthing.

The photos show Kate exiting from the doctor's office and William holding the ultrasound photos in his hand

Kate looks happy, with a smile on her face, while Prince William can be seen clutching an envelope in his hand, most likely the ultrasound photos of Kate's 12-week pregnancy. There is “nothing more private than a woman going for a pregnancy scan,” the Chief editor of the Daily Express said and many other newspapers agreed.

This isn't the first time the British and American media don't see eye to eye. This summer, a photo revealing Kate's posterior as a rebel gust of wind blew up her skirts almost caused an international row as the British refrain from publishing it, but newspapers from Australia, America or Germany didn't have a problem with it.

The response of the English newspapers can also be attributed to the fact that Buckingham Palace has begun a campaign to warn aggressive paparazzi and send them “cease and desist” letters because they were getting too close to Prince George and interfering with his daily routine.

It seems that while the British public is more keen to find out updates about Kate's pregnancy, the local newspapers are hesitant to follow up on just about any story and photo, for fear of angering the Crown as well as some of their readers.

But for American readers, Kate Middleton is nothing more than just another celebrity, no different from say reality stars, who set up “photo ops” on a regular basis and then complain about lack of privacy.