Rowling ‘disappointed’ after son loses photo privacy fight

THE mastermind behind the Harry Potter phenomenon JK Rowling has expressed disappointment after her four-year-old son lost a case claiming his right to privacy was infringed by the publication of his photograph in a newspaper.

A case was taken on behalf of David Murray, four, after the publication of an image of him in a buggy, with his parents, JK Rowling and Neill Murray, which was taken with a long-range lens on a public street.

The photo was taken by the Big Pictures celebrity photographic agency, and appeared in the Sunday Express in April 2005, to accompany an article about the author’s approach to parenthood.