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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 pregnant Duchess of Cambridge on a 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 against the magazine. | |
| The Caribbean island boasts of its appeal to those seeking luxury and privacy. | |
| The future king and queen have no doubt been afforded the former; but not, we now know, the latter. | |
| The publication of photographs of a pregnant duchess in a bikini is a reminder of the commercial value of such pictures and of the enduring worldwide interest in the newest member of an ancient institution. | |
| Other European publications may follow the example of Chi. British newspapers, with a decision on Leveson still looming, probably won't. | |
| The royals have complained. The printing presses will still roll. | |
| For William, there will be faint echoes of his mother's experiences. | |
| A bracing holiday at Balmoral or Sandringham may suddenly appear attractive. | |
| The BBC's royal correspondent Peter Hunt said that 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. | 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. |
| A website publicising Chi shows Kate pictured on the magazine's front cover. | |
| Court fines | 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. |
| At the time Chi's editor Alfonso Signorini defended his decision to also publish the topless pictures saying: "I am a director of a newspaper not a supermarket, I don't sell artichokes and carrots, I sell photographic scoops." |