How Those Kate Middleton Topless Photos Make a Fortune for Online Porn Sites

TELEGRAPH – BLOGS – WILLARD FOXTON: It may surprise you to learn who Britain's third most popular "porn babe" has been for the past couple of weeks. It was none other than the Duchess of Cambridge, the former Kate Middleton. Until last week, she was listed in the top five most searched UK "babes" on freeones.co.uk, a site which aggregates free pictures of mostly porn actresses, but also celebrities. She's since dropped out of the top five, but it looks as though the story may reignite.

Over the weekend a Danish magazine published more explicit photos from the same set, featuring the Duchess frontally naked. Newspaper pictures editors tell me there are as many as 270 pictures being hawked around, which feature both the Duchess and Prince William naked – only 24 have appeared thus far. The Palace's nightmare is that the pictures are stills from a video. » | Willard Foxton | Monday, October 01, 2012

French Closer Editor 'Receives Death Threats Over Duchess Topless Pictures'

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: French magazine Closer on Monday said its editor Laurence Pieau had received death threats for publishing pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing topless.

"We have received more than 300 insulting emails of which several contain death threats," Closer said, adding that it had notified the police.


After their debut in the French weekly, the photos of the Duchess of Cambridge have appeared in magazines in Denmark and Sweden, Ireland's Daily Star and Italy's Chi, which like Closer is owned by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's Mondari media group.

The pictures were taken when the royals were vacationing in southern France at a chateau owned by Viscount Linley, the son of Princess Margaret, the deceased sister of the Queen.

After publication, Pieau defended them saying they were not in the "least shocking". » | Telegraph reporters | Monday, September 24, 2012

Donald Trump Blames Kate Middleton For Her Topless Photos

Photographer of Topless Duchess Pictures Was British, French Paparazzi Claim
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The photographer who took the topless pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge is British, French paparazzi claimed today.

French paparazzi Pascal Rostain said the snapper who staked out the Royal couple on holiday was an Englishman living in the south of France.

And the photographer was spying on their French chateau [sic] on the orders of France's Closer magazine - the first to publish 13 intimate images of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge last week - he said.

Mr Rostain, in his 40s, is a close friend of former French First Lady Carla Bruni and one of France's most notorious long lens photographers.

He told France Metro newspaper in Lyon: "The irony of this whole thing is that the photographer who took these pictures is an Englishman living in the south of France. » | Telegraph reporters | Thursday, September 20, 2012

Danish Magazine to Publish 16-page Special on Topless Pictures of Duchess of Cambridge

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are understood to be considering their options after a Danish magazine said it planned to publish more topless pictures of Kate.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are understood to be considering their options after a Danish magazine said it planned to publish more topless pictures of Kate.

Se & Hoer (See & Hear), a weekly celebrity magazine in Denmark, announced today on its website it will print the photographs in a 16-page supplement tomorrow. The publication's editor in chief Kim Henningsen has said the magazine wants to show Denmark's entertainment fans ''what these photos are all about''.

"Our readers love to follow the lives of the royals and they want scoops. I am therefore incredibly proud that we have obtained the rights to provide the topless pictures of Britain's future queen - which the whole world is talking about but very few have actually seen," he said.

"It is in the DNA of the magazine to entertain and satisfy our readers’ curiosity. Therefore, it is always relevant to us when a duchess and future queen of England is topless and still willingly shows her breasts to a public road." » | Wednesday, September 19, 2012

HOUSTON CHRONICLE: Scandinavian magazine publishes Kate topless pics: COPENHAGEN — A Swedish celebrity magazine published topless photos of Britain's likely future queen Wednesday, and its sister publication in Denmark said it would do the same later this week. » | AP | Wednesday, September 19, 2012

THE LOCAL: Topless Kate pics published in Sweden: Swedish celebrity magazine Se och Hör published pictures of Prince William's wife Catherine sunbathing topless in a three-page spread that went on sale on newsstands Wednesday. » | AFP/The Local | Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Police Raid Headquarters of French Magazine in Hunt for Photographer of Topless Duchess Pictures

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Police today raided the headquarters of French magazine Closer as they hunted down the photographer responsible for capturing the Duchess of Cambridge topless.

Officers arrived at the Closer building in Paris at 10am, with detectives confirming they were looking for information ‘which might lead to the identity’ of the paparazzi responsible.

The investigation was launched by prosecutors in the French capital on Monday, with William and Kate later winning an injunction preventing further distribution of the images.

But Christophe Bigot , a barrister who specialises in media law, immediately questioned the legality of the raid – suggesting that it had solely been authoritised because members of the Royal Family were involved.

Journalistic sources – who include photographers – are strictly protected by French law which was tightened up as recently as two years ago.

"A law of January 2, 2010 protects the confidentiality of sources, as do numerous decisions of the European Court of Human Rights," said Mr Bigot, in an interview with Le Figaro. "In the case of William and Kate, I do not see how a prosecutor could justify a search of Closer."

On Tuesday, judges ordered Closer to hand over all files containing the images to representatives of the couple within 24 hours, but there was no order to name the photographer.

Referring to today’s raid, a police source said : "The aim is to seize any information which might lead to the identity of the photographer." » | Peter Allen | Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Chi Editor Defends Kate Topless Photos
The editor of Chi magazine says the publication of the photos falls within the confines of Italian law, adding that he had hoped the photos would have helped boost the Duchess of Cambridge's image as a modern-day royal.

Italian Magazine Publishes 26 Pages of Topless Kate Pics
Despite legal action in France, mag published 26-page spread of duchess photos

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Duke Asks for Criminal Prosecution of French Photographer over Topless Kate Pictures

THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will tomorrow ask prosecutors in France to launch criminal proceedings against the photographer who took topless pictures of the Duchess and the French magazine which published them.

If successful, the move could lead to the paparazzo and the editor of the magazine being jailed for up to a year and fined a maximum of £36,000.

Lawyers for the couple will tomorrow make a formal criminal complaint of breach of privacy and trespass at a court hearing near Paris, where they are also expected to be granted an interim civil injunction banning the French magazine Closer from printing any more pictures and ordering it to remove any images from its website.

It will then be for French prosecutors to decide whether to investigate and pursue the allegations.

A St James's Palace spokesman said: "We can confirm that a criminal complaint is to be made to the French Prosecution Department.

"The complaint concerns the taking of photographs of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge whilst on holiday and the publication of those photographs in breach of their privacy."

Meanwhile, William and Kate have appealed to foreign newspapers and magazines to show “common sense and decency” by refraining from publishing further topless photographs. » | Gordon Rayner in Honiara, Solomon Islands and Sam Marsden | Sunday, September 16, 2012

Italian Magazine to Publish Topless Pictures of Duchess of Cambridge

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: An Italian magazine is set to follow a French publication in printing photographs of the Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing topless in a special issue next week.

Gossip magazine Chi is understood to be planning a 26-page photo special of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on holiday in the south of France.

Despite St James's Palace describing the publication of the photos of Kate in French magazine Closer yesterday as a "grotesque and totally unjustifiable" invasion of privacy, and the announcement that the royal couple will sue its publishers, unconfirmed reports said Chi still planned to print the images[,].

Closer and Chi are both part of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Mondadori media group.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge last night took the unprecedented step of starting legal proceedings over topless pictures which they regard as a “grotesque” invasion of privacy.

The royal couple reacted with “anger and disbelief” after the French magazine Closer printed a series of photographs of the Duchess sunbathing in Provence last week. » | Gordon Rayner, Chief Reporter, Kuala Lumpur | Friday, September 14, 2012