Pippa Middleton has been granted a High Court injunction to stop hacked photos from her iCloud account being published.
Around 3,000 private pictures belonging to the sister of the Duchess of Cambridge were offered for sale to The Sun on Friday last week.
The newspaper alerted Miss Middleton, who was granted an emergency injunction early on Saturday morning to stop the hacked photos from being published.
Mrs Justice Whipple today extended the ban indefinitely and said it should include information that also may have been stolen from the iCloud account.
The photos are said to include naked images of her fiancé and private photos of her sister, Prince George, and Princess Charlotte.
The court heard she is not worried about national media breaking the ban, but is concerned about “rogue elements” online.
Adam Wolanski, representing Miss Middleton, told the High Court this morning: “This is a clear case for an injunction restraining any further publication of the photos or any other information that may have been derived from the iCloud account.
“There is no suggestion this information is in the public domain - the evidence points towards this having been a flagrant and dishonest act which has caused the claimant substantial distress and is indeed a criminal act.”
He said Miss Middleton believes it is a “genuine hack” having seen a sample of photos sent to The Sun when they were offered for sale.
The injunction is made against “persons unknown” as the source of the hack has not yet been traced, the court heard.
However Nathan Wyatt, 35, who has been arrested over the hack was represented in court this morning.
He is currently on bail as the police investigation continues.
Mr Wolanski said breaches of the order would be in contempt of court, and the injunction also stopped anyone trying to sell the photos to foreign publications.
“These photos have not been published and indeed this matter was brought to my client’s attention by Fleet Street”, he added.
“We are not concerned about them being published by a national newspaper, the problem is rogue elements on the internet.”
The judge said she would grant the injunction, to last until trial or further order, and will publish a written ruling later today.
Miss Middleton was not in court for today’s hearing.
