Seven months after topless photographs of the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton surfaced, two suspects have been charged with invasion of privacy for publishing the pictures in Closer magazine.

Ernesto Mauri, the chief executive of Mondadori, which owns Closer, was charged with invasion of privacy for allowing the printing of the pictures, according to United Kingdom's The Telegraph. The second suspect, female photographer Valerie Suau, works for the French newspaper La Provence. She was charged with the same crime but for taking pictures of the royal in a swimsuit.

Suau confessed to taking pictures of Middleton wearing a bikini but said she did not take any of the expecting royal topless, according to the report. French authorities are still investigating whether or not Suau took the invasive photographs alone or if any other photographer was involved.

Middleton was photographed topless while sunbathing in the nude with her husband Prince William during a personal vacation. The images showed the 31-year-old removing her bikini top as the royal couple relaxed on a balcony in a villa in the south of France. The Duke of Cambridge is shown rubbing Middleton's back with lotion while she remains topless.

The French edition of Closer magazine published the photos first on Sept. 14 and Irish Daily Star ran the images on Sept. 15. Italian Chi magazine featured images of Middleton topless in a 26-page spread that included over 200 images, which went on newsstands on Sept.17.

Closer sold over 500,000 copies of the magazine in the first print run and the editor of the Irish Daily Star was subsequently suspended for running the private pictures.

At the time, it was reported that the royal couple were looking to have both the editor of Closer France and the unidentified photographer put on trial and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Prince William deemed the actions of Closer to be "the worst excesses of the press and paparazzi."

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