Kate Middleton Pregnant Bikini Photos 2013: Australian Magazine Women's Day Will Print Pictures
Following its print in an Italian magazine and then in a U.S one, an Australian magazine will reportedly be the next and third publication to run the photos of Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton wearing a bikini and showing off her baby bump, according to The Guardian.
The Editor of Women's Day, Fiona Connolly, said she would run the photographs after they were published by the Italian gossip magazine Chi. She reportedly claimed that Middleton was on a public beach and that the pictures were taken by a fellow vacationer - not a paparazzo.
"It wasn't a hard decision to run these photos," Connolly was quote telling Australia's Herald Sun. "She is on a public beach and she was mingling with holidaymakers. There are other holidaymakers in the photos. It's a very different situation to the nude photos, there is no photographer hiding in the bushes and she is not inside a private villa."
The royal family was devastated that the personal photos of Middleton were published by Chi, the first magazine to print the images. A royal spokesperson said the pictures were "a clear breach of the couple's right to privacy."
"We are disappointed that photographs of the duke and duchess on a private holiday look likely to be published overseas. This is a clear breach of the couple's right to privacy," the spokesperson for St James's Palace added.
Connolly noted the royal couple is not as protected in Australia than they are in the United Kingdom, saying, "The British have a great deal more sensitivity to royals than we do here in Oz."
"Aussies are a lot more laid back and when it comes to the beach and our readers will see these as something we do in do in everyday life. We see these sort of photos every day," she added. "Kate looks amazing and fit and fabulous, she looks so much better than the poorly and sickly woman we saw coming out of hospital which make these photos more of a celebration.
Connolly said she is confident the photos will eventually spread to other publications around the world, though U.K. media has refused to print the photos out of respect for the royal couple. She noted that the British press "has collectively made a deal with the palace (but a) gentleman's agreement over there doesn't affect us over here."
The second publication to print the photos of Middleton was Star magazine. Chi's editor on Wednesday defended the publication's decision to print the photos, saying they were not a breach of privacy because they were taken in a public space.
