Irish Daily Star Publishes Photos of Kate Middleton Topless
Saturday, 15 September 2012, Telegrap UK
The Irish Daily Star has published photos of Kate Middleton topless.
Kate Middleton was photographed topless while on holiday in France
The photos of the duchess were taken while she was on holiday at a private villa in the south of France last week with her husband, Britain's Prince William.
The photos have already been published in France.
The decision to publish the photos has been condemned by a spokesperson for the British royal family as “motivated by greed”.
Irish Daily star editor Michael O' Kane has defended their publication.
"I did this as a service to our readers, I'm a little taken aback by the reaction in the UK," Mr O'Kane told the BBC.
"It only seems to be an issue in the UK because she is your future queen. But from our point of view in Ireland, Kate Middleton is just another of the fantastic line of celebrities."
However, the owners of the newspaper have described the publication as a "grotesque invasion" of privacy.
Mimi Turner, Northern and Shell's communications director, said: "We abhor the decision of the Irish Daily Star to publish these intrusive pictures of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, which we, like St James's Palace, believe to be a grotesque invasion of their privacy."
She added: "The Irish Daily Star is a joint venture with Independent News and Media over which we have no editorial control.
"We were not given advance notice of the decision to publish these pictures by their management and we are consulting with our lawyers as a matter of urgency over what we believe to be a serious breach of their contract.
"Northern and Shell is profoundly dismayed at the decision made by Irish Daily Star, which would never have been made by any of the newspapers or magazines under our editorial control.
"We consider all aspects of privacy very carefully, and would never condone this action."
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