In a bid to protect their privacy, the royal couple, Prince William and Kate Middleton, have received permission from the Civil Aviation Authority to enforce a no-fly zone over their new family mansion during Christmas time.
According to a report from Mirror UK, drones and all kinds of aircraft will be banned to fly within 1.5 miles and below 2,000 feet from their home in Anmer Hall located on the Queen's Queen's Sandringham Estate in Norfolk.
Officials from the Department for Transport said that the no-fly zone, which will start its implementation next month, is "in view of the need for security for the royal family." However, as per a report from the International Business Times, emergency aircraft services of the East Anglian Air Ambulance and the Maritime and Coast Guard Agency will be exempted from the band. Also exempted from the no-fly zone is the Queen's helicopter and aircrafts that have a royal guest of the couple that have permission to land in the country estate.
International Business Times notes that Anmer Hall is a gift from Queen Elizabeth II to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. After Princess Charlotte's birth, the royal family moved to the 10-room mansion from their previous home in Kensington Palace in London to avoid the slew of paparazzi. Anmer Hall is located in a small town in Norfolk, England with only 100 residents. However, even after moving to the countryside, Kate and Prince William reports that there is still an “increasing number of incidents of paparazzi harassment," per Mirror UK. The news outlet adds that "the tactics being used are increasingly dangerous."
In May, Yahoo! Celebrity reported that Prince William and Kate asked the paparazzi to leave the newly born Princess Charlotte alone. A penned letter from their communications secretary, Jason Knauf, said that because the royal couple relocated to Anmer Hall, they had "a more than reasonable expectation of privacy".
"There have in the past been a number of intrusions into the privacy of the Royal Family which in the main have been as a result of professional photographers using long-distance lenses," the letter, sent to the media, added.
The news outlet further noted that this was not the first time that Prince William and Kate felt harassed by photographers. In 2012, Closer magazine released topless photos while sunbathing in a private villa during the couple's vacation in France. The photographer used long lens shooters from a public area to get a shot of the Dutchess.
Also, back in 2013, the couple threatened to sue a photographer when he followed Prince George while his nanny took him to a park.
