The royal family appears to be losing a legal struggle to prevent further publication of topless photos of Prince William’s wife Kate as more magazines print the pictures. The sneaky photographers who took the pictures are said to be due in court in France today. Lawyers for the British Royal Family are seeking an injunction and damages against Italian media group Mondadori, a company owned by former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The spread in Chi shows the Duchess relaxing with her husband in the south of France last month. It includes a never-before-published shot of her lathering sunscreen on her backside. In an editorial, Chi editor Alfonso Signorini argued that the photos were not “perverse nor harmful” to the Duchess’ dignity. He wrote that the images made her “more likable, less anachronistic” in the eyes of the public. But as Josephine McKenna reports in the video above, many people think the former Italian prime minister is still stinging from the treatment he has received in the United Kingdom press and is getting back at the British by publishing the pictures.
