Australian Mag Publishes Kate Bikini Pics

Australian magazine Woman's Day ignores royal family protests and publishes unauthorized photographs of the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge in a bikini.

Published

3 months ago

Categories

Entertainment

Topics

Royals

People

Kate Middleton, Prince William

Places

Australia, Caribbean, Cambridge

Transcript

EDITORS NOTE: THE IMAGES OF THE ROYALS APPEARING IN THE MAGAZINE AND POSTERS HAVE BEEN BLURRED Photos of a pregnant Duchess of Cambridge in a bikini have been published here in Australia. Behind these blurred blobs are a series of controversial pictures showing Prince William and Kate on a Caribbean beach. Woman's Day magazine has now joined an Italian publication in printing the photos - despite requests from the British royal family not to do so. The royals say the photos are a breach of privacy. It's an issue dividing residents in Sydney. SOUNDBITE: (English) TASH BILLICH AND HARRY KENYON, SYDNEY RESIDENTS SAYING: "Every other celebrity gets photographed so I don't think it's much different." "She still actually looks pretty good so I don't know what's wrong with it!" SOUNDBITE: (English) MARK HAMILTON, SYDNEY RESIDENT SAYING: "It's just invasive and they've got people paying people big money to basically spy on these people when they should be allowed to have their privacy on the beach." SOUNDBITE: (English) JULIA MAJOR, STUDENT, SAYING: "I mean, if she was really worried about it she wouldn't be prancing around in a bikini anyway, right?" The British media are yet to publish the photos amid fears of tighter press regulation. Reports say they cost Woman's Day around 155,000 U.S. dollars.