Prince George will learn that popularity comes with an awful lot of attention

William, it all depends where you are.

Prince William is an amiable chap and it takes a lot to make him angry.

So the photographer who was taking pictures of baby George must have really got under his skin.

William was forced to take legal action against the snapper who has been taking shots of George and his nanny in a public park in London.

I can completely understand William’s concern and of course he wants to protect his son. After all, he watched his late mother Diana being hounded by the paparazzi. Clearly, there needs to be some sort of balance here.

George, who is as cute as a button, is the most photographed baby on the planet and, as the eventual heir to the throne, his whole life will be spent in the public eye.

He will be constantly blinded by flashbulbs and will adorn the front of magazines and newspapers.

Prince William knows that all too well and when they are on “official” Royal business he bends over backwards to make sure the Press and the public all get a chance to take photos.

He is canny enough to know that it is all part of the job, although it must be incredibly tiresome to constantly live in that sort of goldfish bowl. I suppose it is all part of the trade-off of being in such a privileged position.

He and Kate were devastated when foreign magazines printed topless photographs of her while she was on holiday in France, even although they were staying in a private villa.

Kate was also snapped when she was heavily pregnant while waddling in a beach in the Caribbean, but as it was a public area there was nothing the Royals could do about it.

The trouble is that photographers make a fortune selling these “candid” shots particularly to European and American magazines who are always hungry for any sort of picture story involving William and his family.

The staged photocalls and carefully choreographed walkabouts are never enough. They all want to get a sneaky peek “behind the curtain” and it has become a bit of a double-edged sword.

On one hand the Royal Family are big news and popular once more, mainly thanks to the Kate and William effect. But with that popularity, comes an awful lot more attention.

I don’t think that it’s unreasonable for William to ask for a bit of privacy.

But maybe the nanny should take George out for an airing in the privacy of the Royal gardens rather than a public park where the paparazzi are known to lurk.