Her marriage to Blake Fielder-Civil – recently freed from prison after being sentenced to 27 months last July for assaulting a pub landlord and attempting to pervert the course of justice – appears destined for the divorce courts.Īnother source close to the singer added that a burglary in January at Winehouse's old Camden home was attributed to the fact that thieves were able to ascertain when she was away from home because of the absence of the pack of photographers outside. She has had many troubles in recent years, with an arrest last year for alleged drug offences, spells in drug rehab and admissions of self-harm. There has been a storm of press coverage over the last few years and almost daily paparazzi pictures of the singer, who is famous for her alleged drug use as much as for her music success, which has seen her amass £10m with 6m album sales. The source added that the injunction, which was initiated by the singer herself and not her publicity team, would also help Winehouse find a quieter life.

'We don't have the problem with the press doing their job but it has been mayhem a couple of times and Amy had to do something.'

'Every time she got in her car she was chased or was jostled, and it has become unsafe not just for her, but the people around her,' the source said. The injunction reflects a growing vogue for celebrities to target paparazzi themselves rather than the newspapers that purchase their photographs.Ī source close to Winehouse's management team said that the injunction was sought because press attention had made her life 'unsafe'. This means that any photographers could face prosecution if they follow Winehouse by any means or approach her within 100 metres of her new home, which is near where she lived as a child.Īll photographers are also forbidden from taking pictures of her in her home or the home of any members of her family or friends according to the order, which cites the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. Her charitable work meant the world to her and it was crucial to get her message across, and she noted that “being permanently in the public eye gives me a special responsibility.” Her continued presence irked the Royal Family since she was no longer married to Prince Charles, but Diana pressed on “using the impact of photographs to get a message across, a message about an important cause or certain values,” per her last interview with Le Monde. She considered herself “a messenger.The order bans leading paparazzi agency Big Pictures from following Winehouse but also refers to any 'persons unknown' seeking to photograph the musician outside her home and in other public places if they have pursued her. We were the means she chose to make her union with Dodi official.”ĭiana knew her role as the “People’s Princess” was an important one. ”She knew we were there, and she did not avoid us.

“It was clear enough to all of us that she wanted to show the British establishment she was free,” said Frederic Garcia, a photographer for the Angeli agency to the New York Times in 1997.

Diana decided that two can play at that game and she flaunted her romance with Fayed in public. Their contentious divorce played out with the future King of England throwing a lavish 50th birthday party for Parker Bowles. The picture was such a big deal that Paris Match dubbed it ” the image of the summer of 1997.” Prince Charles and Princess Diana had been using photographers to outshine each other in the media.

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