UK royals condemn plans to publish Duchess Kate pictures

Wonderwall, Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 12:21pm (PST)

The Associated Press

• LONDON (AP) -- Royal officials in Britain have expressed disappointment that paparazzi shots of Prince William and his wife on a beach holiday in the Caribbean may be published by an Italian magazine.

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  St. James's Palace said Tuesday that publishing the photos would be a "clear breach of the couple's right to privacy."

  The photos reportedly show the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge -- the former Kate Middleton -- wearing a bikini and strolling on a beach with William on the island of Mustique.

  The Italian gossip magazine Chi was reportedly planning to publish the pictures.

  Last year, William and Kate went to court over a French gossip magazine's publication of topless photos of the duchess while the couple was on a holiday in the south of France.

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