A 35-year-old man has been arrested by British police investigating claims that Pippa Middleton's iCloud account was hacked and 3000 intimate photos were stolen.

Scotland Yard said they arrested the man on Saturday evening at an address in Northamptonshire.

The theft of 3000 photographs including images of Middleton's sister, the Duchess of Cambridge, and her children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte.

Naked photos of her millionaire fiance, James Matthews, were among the thousands of photos stolen, according to The Sun.