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Magazine Publishes Photos of Kate Middleton Sunbathing Topless: Biggest British Royal Family Scandal?

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Kate Middleton's topless pics

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are furious at a French magazine that published paparazzi photographs of Kate sunbathing topless in France.
  1. Kate Middleton's topless pics

    Kate Middleton's topless pics

    The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are furious at a French magazine that published paparazzi photographs of Kate sunbathing topless in France.

  2. Prince Harry parties naked in Vegas

    Prince Harry parties naked in Vegas

    Last month, various media outlets published photographs of Prince Harry partying naked in Las Vegas.

  3. Prince Charles' 'three-person marriage'

    Prince Charles' 'three-person marriage'

    Charles married Diana Spencer in 1981, but as Diana famously put it, "there were three of us in this marriage," referring to Camilla Parker-Bowles. Charles and Diana divorced in 1996, and he married Camilla in 2005.

  4. Princess Diana admits to affair, bulimia

    Princess Diana admits to affair, bulimia

    In a 1995 BBC interview, Princess Diana confessed to an affair with polo player Major James Hewitt, as well as to struggling with bulimia and depression.

  5. Prince Harry dresses up as a Nazi

    Prince Harry dresses up as a Nazi

    In 2005, photos of Prince Harry dressed up as a Nazi soldier for Halloween made international news.

  6. Fergie gets her toes sucked

    Fergie gets her toes sucked

    Sarah "Fergie" Ferguson was married to Queen Elizabeth II's son Prince Andrew from 1986 to 1996. While her husband was away, Fergie was often seen with other men, one of whom was photographed sucking on her toes.

  7. Princess Diana dies in paparazzi chase

    Princess Diana dies in paparazzi chase

    On Aug. 31, 1997, 36-year-old Princess Diana and her companion Dodi Fayed died in a car crash following a paparazzi chase. Dodi's father argued that the crash had been planned, but later dropped the allegations.

Magazine Publishes Photos of Kate Middleton Sunbathing Topless: Biggest British Royal Family Scandal?
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You might want to keep your top on from now on, Kate Middleton. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are furious at a French magazine that published paparazzi photographs of Kate sunbathing topless in France.

Slamming Closer magazine for publishing the pics, the couple's office said Friday that "their royal highnesses have been hugely saddened to learn that a French publication and a photographer have invaded their privacy in such a grotesque and unjustifiable manner," The New York Times reports.

In the images, Kate was sunbathing at a villa in Provence (where sunbathing topless is de rigueur). But, the royal couple truly believed that nobody was watching them. "Their royal highnesses had every expectation of privacy in the remote house. It is unthinkable that anyone should take such photographs, let alone publish them. Officials acting on behalf of their royal highnesses are consulting with lawyers to consider what options may be available to the Duke and Duchess," the statement continued.

This is only the latest embarrassment for the royal family. Last month, various media outlets published photographs of Kate's brother-in-law, Prince Harry, partying naked in Las Vegas.

Well, the moral of the story is, if you're as famous as Kate Middleton, you're better off keeping your bikini top on! From Kate's topless pics to Prince Harry's various photo ops, click through our slideshow and let us know: What's the biggest British royal family scandal?
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  • NickieSF 2012/09/14 16:05:43
    Princess Diana dies in paparazzi chase
    NickieSF
    +18
    ...and that is something that the paparazzis should have learned from. But nooo, they just move on the next victim.

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  • Pookie Realistic 2012/10/30 21:04:54
    Pookie
    I'll never tell !!!
  • the judgebigdogeagle 2012/09/16 16:12:34
    Prince Harry dresses up as a Nazi
    the judgebigdogeagle
    +3
    That's a regular European way of relaxing. Whats scandalous about It. Believe it or not back in the 80's ,it was Jackie O on yacht in the middle of the ocean and papanazi's got her,with a telephoto lens from another ship.
  • MayLin the jud... 2012/09/16 20:04:06 (edited)
  • CUDDLY BUT STILL CRABBY 2012/09/16 13:39:20
    Princess Diana dies in paparazzi chase
    CUDDLY BUT STILL CRABBY
    +1
    Frankly, who REALLY cares what the Royals do or think about?
  • Conservative Citizen 2012/09/16 13:28:44
    Princess Diana dies in paparazzi chase
    Conservative Citizen
    +4
    This stands out the most of all,..... think of it as a scandel only in terms of a far too intrusive paparazzi!
  • the jud... Conserv... 2012/09/17 14:05:42 (edited)
    the judgebigdogeagle
    +1
    I lived in a really nice neighborhood out side Houston. Two famous people {1 singer & 1 football player} lived there too.One lived in the gated community and the other out in the open. Drove by the houses all the time. No over police protection cause we knew each other.[The police & citizens there} but I never saw any of the LA Papanazi Crap here. And it was printed in the paper that they were out here. If the papanazi's showed up they would be arrested quickly cause the police wold not tolerate it one bit.
  • Conserv... the jud... 2012/09/17 17:16:57
    Conservative Citizen
    Photographing someone in a open and public enviroment is one thing,......but doing it in a way that is invasive to their own privacy is just not right.
  • GaolBlaze 2012/09/16 13:28:30
    Princess Diana dies in paparazzi chase
    GaolBlaze
    +3
    It's hard for me to judge because I've only been around for three of these, and have only heard of five, but when Princess Diana died, she DIED. That's bigger than an affair or two, a young man having fun, and a woman sunbathing. The only reason people seem to think Kate's is worse is because it's happened just now. People sunbathe topless all the time, I'm not a big fan of it, but to think someone would use it as an excuse to get a cheap photo of a Duchess is horrible. Even though what the paparazzi is doing is horrible, I think someone DYING is worse than someone sunbathing. Just put things into perspective, please.
  • MayLin GaolBlaze 2012/09/16 20:10:55
  • The heartless 2012/09/16 11:07:56
    Kate Middleton's topless pics
    The heartless
    I don't care if it was a private residence or not. She should know she is a target for photographers anywhere she goes and she should have known better than to take her top off. Kate is a smart lady and what she did was NOT smart. It was a stupid move on her part.
  • Dana 2012/09/16 11:07:55
    Princess Diana dies in paparazzi chase
    Dana
    +2
    Oh, Paparazzi ! How did Kate think she was safe!
  • ♥Nicole Nataliah♥ 2012/09/16 09:21:35
    Prince Harry parties naked in Vegas
    ♥Nicole Nataliah♥
    +2
    This one got my attention the most!
  • S* 2012/09/16 07:18:11
    Prince Charles' 'three-person marriage'
    S*
    +3
    Kate's pictures are not a scandal, they are merely telephoto pictures of a woman with no top on, when she thought she was alone. She is pretty and privileged, but she is a victim of our ugly society's belief that public persons have no privacy whatsoever. Sad, really.
  • jerry.alan.carroll 2012/09/16 04:46:04
    Princess Diana dies in paparazzi chase
    jerry.alan.carroll
    +1
    becuase if those pics are realy kate...i am SO NOT IMPRESSED!
  • Rachel 2012/09/16 04:42:55
    Prince Charles' 'three-person marriage'
    Rachel
    +2
    .... ugh, he was the root of all the problem.

    If he fought for Camilla from the very start he wouldn't have dragged Diana into his mess. There may be no Prince William or Harry. But at least ... I guess the chances of her dying in tragedy wouldn't have taken place.

    So the "live in her trouser" phone call to his mistress takes the cake.
  • MayLin Rachel 2012/09/16 13:15:58
    MayLin
    +1
    Agreed. Hahahaha, and all because he wanted a throne his mom will never give up LOL
  • srini 2012/09/16 03:50:36
    Princess Diana dies in paparazzi chase
    srini
    +1
    Actually, the western media's overattention to them; even combined they don't cover as much about all the other European royal families -- Sweden, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Monaco -- PLUS Japan!
  • American Nate 2012/09/16 03:33:11
    Prince Harry parties naked in Vegas
    American Nate
    They won't shut up about that.
  • Derbyhat 2012/09/16 03:08:03
    Prince Harry dresses up as a Nazi
    Derbyhat
    +1
    No matter the person, paparazzi will do their best for photos of any person of public importance. With Diana, they chased and continued photographing, as the occupants were dying, without rendering aid. Harry, however, dressed as the most evil person on earth and in essence invited the embarassment!
  • mikewonaus 2012/09/16 02:27:58
    Prince Charles' 'three-person marriage'
    mikewonaus
    +1
    The beginning of the end of respect of the Royals centered around the repulsive choices of Prince Charles. Demonstrated dysfunction of huge consequences with his inability to attract & keep a good woman. Diana nor Camilla would ever be real princess material. Fergie certainly would fit better with desperate housewives of a 3d world country. Nazi & nekkid Harry demonstrates the lack of parenting skills. Poor ole Kate is never gonna be a scandal ~ the only scandal is the perception of the idiots gawking. This is a Princess
  • lovemykiddos 2012/09/16 00:34:36
    Princess Diana dies in paparazzi chase
    lovemykiddos
    +2
    obviously the only "real" scandal on the list would be the one where a real person was harmed.
  • Joyce 2012/09/15 22:12:40
    Prince Charles' 'three-person marriage'
    Joyce
    +2
    Who gives a rats ass honestly about pictures of her. Just like famous people all over the world, suck it up and shut up.
  • MayLin Joyce 2012/09/16 13:17:35
    MayLin
    word! LOL! What? Like the pay isn't extra cheesy? LOL!
  • gaylehelen 2012/09/15 22:07:59
    Princess Diana dies in paparazzi chase
    gaylehelen
    I don't know what she was thinking. Didn't something similar happen to Fergie? She should know that the paparazzi will take every opportunity they can to get this garbage. Of course the French will print it and others will probably follow.
    Sad they can't have privacy on a private estate in a free country, but they both should have saved it for an indoor pool. Sad, but they don't get privacy the way the press hounds them. Just no such thing anymore.
    Duh, welcome to the 21st century.
  • Charles R. Anderson 2012/09/15 22:03:18
    Prince Harry dresses up as a Nazi
    Charles R. Anderson
    +3
    Topless pictures? What a big ado about nothing.
  • Robin B 2012/09/15 21:11:34
    Prince Charles' 'three-person marriage'
    Robin B
    He is just plain sickening.
  • Medulla Oblongata 2012/09/15 21:00:10
    Princess Diana dies in paparazzi chase
    Medulla Oblongata
    +1
    So glad I'm not royalty. Or married into it.
  • DP 2012/09/15 20:49:05
    Prince Harry parties naked in Vegas
    DP
    What the fack are you guys smoking? I never heard of this scandal before now, so it can't be that big. I frequent lots of entertainment sites, and there was nothing about her teets being out.
  • Mat Miller 2012/09/15 20:38:21
    Prince Harry dresses up as a Nazi
    Mat Miller
    +2
    Come on, the Princesses boobies is a scandal?
  • Sunnydaydreamer 2012/09/15 19:16:21
    Prince Harry parties naked in Vegas
    Sunnydaydreamer
    YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA... HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
  • Pale Horse 2012/09/15 19:12:12
    Princess Diana dies in paparazzi chase
    Pale Horse
    +2
    And the Royal Families response to her loss. Kate was just topless, big deal.
  • MayLin Pale Horse 2012/09/16 13:19:52
    MayLin
    +1
    well, hey, if they were behind it.....
  • JeffDeWitt Pale Horse 2012/09/16 18:00:00
    JeffDeWitt
    +1
    Yep. She was in France, at a private residence with her husband, all right and proper. The only scandal I see is a lowlife with a high power telephoto lens playing peeping tom.
  • paul berry 2012/09/15 18:30:50
    Fergie gets her toes sucked
    paul berry
    +1
    How does a woman being rubbed by her husband in private, mount to a scandal??? The poor little princess who was merely relaxing with her husband, now some tabloids and news outlets on the net try to show a photo of her as though she was posing for the uncouth french magazine the closer! What if there was a camera everywhere the rest of us went, the things they would have on film, me and my wife could have been these images shown on William and his Amazingly Graceful, and graceous wife!

    The British news source the Daily Mail online, have out done french, by having many photos of Kate in Beautiful gowns and clothing exposing her great Beauty and Grace, something that cannot be found in france. She is an extreme Beauty as my Wife, built like my wife, yet her hair not quit as powerful as my Wifes, but this is so wrong, this beauty was meant for her husbands eye's, if I were him I would find that photographer, and slap him around for a while! Brings to mind the Bond song for your Eye's only! For evidence the God of Kate is preparing His earth for His retaking of it, go to the websites at http://www.adamandeveseedgath... on that page are the prophesy/prewritten news events of this days waking and sounding unto the meek inheritors of the promisedland of Jesus Christ called Earth! T...
    How does a woman being rubbed by her husband in private, mount to a scandal??? The poor little princess who was merely relaxing with her husband, now some tabloids and news outlets on the net try to show a photo of her as though she was posing for the uncouth french magazine the closer! What if there was a camera everywhere the rest of us went, the things they would have on film, me and my wife could have been these images shown on William and his Amazingly Graceful, and graceous wife!

    The British news source the Daily Mail online, have out done french, by having many photos of Kate in Beautiful gowns and clothing exposing her great Beauty and Grace, something that cannot be found in france. She is an extreme Beauty as my Wife, built like my wife, yet her hair not quit as powerful as my Wifes, but this is so wrong, this beauty was meant for her husbands eye's, if I were him I would find that photographer, and slap him around for a while! Brings to mind the Bond song for your Eye's only! For evidence the God of Kate is preparing His earth for His retaking of it, go to the websites at http://www.adamandeveseedgath... on that page are the prophesy/prewritten news events of this days waking and sounding unto the meek inheritors of the promisedland of Jesus Christ called Earth! The signs prewritten there in are the likes of the Washington DC/Virginia Beach Virginia quake our Lord Jesus Brought on the same day as the unveiling of the martin luther king statue in DC, and were prophesy months before, as well as the Japan quake and tidal wave prewritten therein months before { With more quakes now coming to V.Beach/DC for His sounding by His minister of peace, the signs are to show all who are called that the minister of the site is a Righteous man } also go to the site at Adam and Eve in action blog both sites found at google search! Go to the about us page on the main site to see evidence of the Lord's special love for Kate and all Daughters of this Epic days destiny, as well as the Son's of God who love them respect to all of God/Adam's seed Deuteronomy 32:8
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  • Christopher Kirchen 2012/09/15 16:47:24
    Princess Diana dies in paparazzi chase
    Christopher Kirchen
    +4
    I believe Princess Diana dying in the paparazzi chase is the biggest scandal not because I have anything against the princess, God rest her, but because it is a glaring example of the press' idea that they have the right to abuse the public trust and no one is immune, and even people's lives are forfeit to that principle, according to them.
  • MayLin Christo... 2012/09/16 20:16:27
    MayLin
    if the public refused to buy tabloid crap the game would be over....
  • Christo... MayLin 2012/09/17 04:23:13
    Christopher Kirchen
    +1
    True; unfortunately for many, Schadenfreude(the malicious enjoyment of another's misfortune) rules.
  • MayLin Christo... 2012/09/17 09:14:40
    MayLin
    ja ich weiß schon,! so wahr LOL!
  • Aly Hart 2012/09/15 15:46:58
    Princess Diana dies in paparazzi chase
    Aly Hart
    +4
    Kate sunbathing shouldn't be on this list because it's normal. Only uptight prudes would make it a big deal.

    Poor Di. :(
  • POWERSHAKER 2012/09/15 14:51:09
    Prince Harry parties naked in Vegas
    POWERSHAKER
    I would say Prince Harry tops them all. :)

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