The court in a Paris suburb ruled on Tuesday that 3 photographers & 3 newspaper executives invaded the privacy of Kate Middleton by taking &publishing the photos.

Even though maximum fines were given, limited damages were awarded in the case that outraged the royal family.

Two executives of a French gossip magazine & 2 photographers working with a photo agency were collectively ordered to pay 50,000 Euros in damages to Kate & the same amount to her husband, Prince William.

The amount is well below the 1.5 million Euros in damages that were allegedly sought by the royal couple.

The couple, who did not attend the verdict hearing, had filed a complaint after the photos were published in gossip magazine Closer & a regional newspaper in 2012, the year after their wedding.

The photos of Kate were taken with telephoto lenses while she & her husband actually were sunbathing on a patio at a private estate in France's southern Provence region.