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Kate bikini photos to be published by Italian gossip magazine Kate bikini photos published by Chi magazine in Italy
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St James's Palace has condemned plans by Italian gossip magazine Chi to print photos of the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge on a Caribbean holiday. Italian gossip magazine Chi has printed photos of the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge on a Caribbean holiday - a move condemned by St James's Palace.
The pictures are thought to show Kate in a bikini and walking on a beach on Mustique with Prince William. The images show Catherine in a bikini walking on a beach on the island of Mustique with the Duke of Cambridge.
Last year, the magazine published images showing Kate topless in France. Last year, the same magazine published images showing her topless in France.
The palace said it was "a clear breach of the couple's right to privacy". The photographs are also due to appear in Australian magazine Woman's Day. The palace said this latest publication was "a clear breach of the couple's right to privacy". Images are also due to appear in an Australian magazine.
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." Mondadori, Chi's publishers, confirmed the magazine went on sale in Italy on Wednesday.
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. 'Disappointed'
But the Palace spokesman did not comment further or say whether the palace would be taking legal action again. The duchess, who is about four months pregnant, is pictured on the magazine's front cover in a bikini in the sea above the headline "the belly grows". In another image, she is pictured walking with her husband on the beach.
The BBC's royal correspondent Peter Hunt said that Chi was due to publish the photos on Wednesday. A St James's Palace spokesman said on Tuesday night, prior to the publication: "We are disappointed that photographs of the Duke and Duchess on a private holiday look likely to be published overseas.
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.
News that the royal couple are expecting their first child in July emerged in December when Kate went into a London hospital with severe morning sickness.
Court fines
A website promoting Chi shows Kate pictured on the magazine's front cover.
The magazine is owned by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and it also publishes Closer magazine in France, which first ran the pictures of Kate topless last year.
The Caribbean island boasts of its appeal to those seeking luxury and privacy.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 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.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.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.The royals have complained. The printing presses will still roll.
For William, there will be faint echoes of his mother's experiences.For William, there will be faint echoes of his mother's experiences.
A bracing holiday at Balmoral or Sandringham may suddenly appear attractive.A bracing holiday at Balmoral or Sandringham may suddenly appear attractive.
A Paris court later 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). "This is a clear breach of the couple's right to privacy."
The palace spokesman declined to comment on whether the couple - who announced they were expecting their first child in December - would take any legal action over the issue.
The magazine is owned by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Mondadori media group. The company also publishes Closer magazine in France, which first ran the pictures of the duchess topless while on a private holiday in France last year.
At the time, the couple's lawyers took out an injunction in a French court in an attempt to stop the sale and distribution of the photos.
A Paris court later ruled its publishers 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.
At the time Chi's editor Alfonso Signorini defended his decision to 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." Chi produced a 26-page spread of the images.
Woman's Day said the photographs it plans to publish next Monday were different to the images of Kate at a secluded villa in France, which were believed to have been taken by paparazzi. 'Looks fabulous'
Its editor Fiona Connolly said they were taken by another holiday-maker and showed Kate on a public beach. Separately, the editor of Australian magazine Woman's Day has defended her plans to print photographs of the duchess in a bikini next Monday.
"She was mingling with holiday-makers," she said. "It's a very different situation to the nude photos, there is no photographer hiding in the bushes and she is not inside a private villa." Fiona Connolly said readers would "love" the images, which she said were captured by a member of the public.
The BBC's Nick Bryant in Sydney said Woman's Day is reported to have paid about £100,000 pounds for 39 images, following a bidding war with rival publications. Speaking to Australia's Channel Nine network, Ms Connolly said: "This is not a hard decision about these photos. Kate's on a public beach, there are other holidaymakers there and she looks fabulous."
The magazine pointed out that the Australian media was not bound by the gentleman's agreement with the royal family about what sort of images should be published and did not feel its readers would object to the "beautiful" photographs, our correspondent added. Ms Connolly said the pictures were very different to those taken at a private French villa last year.
Woman's Day is published by the Australian division of German publishing giant Bauer. "I think the British are very sensitive about this," she said.
"As Australians, we see this every day. We see pregnant women in bikinis on the beach - and a public one at that - so we are a lot less sensitive here in Australia."
The BBC's Nick Bryant in Sydney said Woman's Day is reported to have paid about £100,000 for 39 images, following a bidding war with rival publications.
The magazine pointed out that the Australian media was not bound by the gentleman's agreement with the Royal Family about what sort of images should be published and did not feel its readers would object to the "beautiful" photographs, our correspondent added.
Woman's Day is published by the Australian division of German publishing company Bauer.