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Kate bikini photos to be published by Italian gossip magazine | Kate bikini photos to be published by Italian gossip magazine |
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St James's Palace has condemned plans by an Italian gossip magazine to print photos of the Duchess of Cambridge on a private Caribbean holiday. | St James's Palace has condemned plans by an Italian gossip magazine to print photos of the Duchess of Cambridge on a private Caribbean holiday. |
The pictures - expected to appear in Chi - are thought to show Kate wearing a bikini and walking on a beach on the island of Mustique with Prince William. | The pictures - expected to appear in Chi - are thought to show Kate wearing a bikini and walking on a beach on the island of Mustique with Prince William. |
Last year, the magazine published a 26-page special revealing Kate topless during a holiday in France. | Last year, the magazine published a 26-page special revealing Kate topless during a holiday in France. |
The palace said it was "a clear breach of the couple's right to privacy". | The palace said it was "a clear breach of the couple's right to privacy". |
A St James's Palace spokesman said: "We are disappointed that photographs of the Duke and Duchess on a private holiday look likely to be published overseas." | A St James's Palace spokesman said: "We are disappointed that photographs of the Duke and Duchess on a private holiday look likely to be published overseas." |
The spokesman did not comment further or say whether the palace would be taking legal action. | |
The BBC's Peter Hunt said the pictures were "another example of the intense worldwide interest there is in the newest member of an ancient institution - and the commercial value of any pictures of a pregnant duchess". | |
He said Chi was due to publish the photos on Wednesday. | |
In one, Kate is captured wearing a bikini and strolling on a beach with her husband on Mustique, a favourite destination of the Queen's late sister, Princess Margaret. | |
Court fines | |
In 2012, the couple's lawyers took out an injunction in a French court in an attempt to stop the sale and distribution of the topless photos. | In 2012, the couple's lawyers took out an injunction in a French court in an attempt to stop the sale and distribution of the topless photos. |
The court in Paris ruled the publishers of Closer had to hand over the original photographs within 24 hours or face daily fines of 10,000 euro (£8,000). | The court in Paris ruled the publishers of Closer had to hand over the original photographs within 24 hours or face daily fines of 10,000 euro (£8,000). |
But the images went on to be published in other European magazines, as the ruling did not cover publications outside France. | But the images went on to be published in other European magazines, as the ruling did not cover publications outside France. |
Closer and Chi magazines are owned by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. | Closer and Chi magazines are owned by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. |