Eight months after she was thrust into the international limelight, Pippa Middleton has threatened to take out an injunction to stop harassment by the paparazzi, a UK tabloid reports.
The younger sister of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, won global attention as a royal bridesmaid in April 2011 and has since become a regular media celebrity.
Last week the picture editor of Britain's Daily Mail newspaper told a inquiry into media ethics that he sees between 300 and 400 photos of the 28-year-old brunette come across his desk every day.
Photographers reportedly camp outside Ms Middleton's London home, and follow her to and from work and social engagements daily.
In September 2011, images of the professional party planner retrieving a parking ticket from the windscreen of her convertible BMW were beamed around the globe.
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On Wednesday the Daily Mail reported that law firm Harbottle and Lewis has sent letters on behalf of Ms Middleton to photographic agencies, presumably asking for privacy.
"She has been overwhelmed by the attention she has received and is at her wits' end," a royal source told the newspaper.
