Duchess of York Laptop Theft - Intimate Family Photos

The Duchess of York is the victim of laptop theft which contained “intimate family photos”.The computer is understood to have been taken to the Black Cat Sound and Vision studio in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire in the UK by an aide to Sarah Ferguson so that the pictures could be downloaded and archived.

The Daily Mail reported that it was stolen a week ago and police believe that the thieves are unlikely to have known the Duchess’ laptop was on the premises when they broke in and took it. A source close to the Duchess confirmed that it included images of Prince Andrew and the couple’s two daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie.

A source said: “The photographs are of a sensitive nature so she can’t just take them along to her local shop to be printed. It’s just a dreadful coincidence that the laptop was there when the premises were robbed.”

Unconfirmed reports suggest that the laptop was password protected, but gaining access to the data on the machine’s hard disk is child’s play to anyone used to dealing with computer hardware.