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"Lawyers representing the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are to appear in a Paris court on Monday (September 17), reports BBC News. The couples&amp;#039; legal team is said to be seeking an injunction to prevent further publication of photos showing Kate Middleton topless. They are also expected to file for damages after the pictures were printed in French magazine Closer and the Irish Daily Star.  The royal couple are currently visiting the Solomon Islands as part of a tour of south-east Asia and the South Pacific, but BBC correspondent Nicholas Witchell said that royal officials present are in close contact with their legal firm&amp;#039;s London offices. A spokesman for St James&amp;#039;s Palace - which is said to be trying to identify the French paparazzi photographer involved - confirmed that legal proceedings will begin in Paris on Monday, when papers are expected to be served. &amp;quot;It is the first airing and we will be seeking an injunction from them using the pictures,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;It will lead to a longer court case where damages will be sought.&amp;quot;  French prosecutors will be left to decide whether any action against the magazine represents a civil or a criminal matter. At present, it is not clear whether the Palace is looking to take action against Italian magazine Chi, which said it planned to publish the shots, or the Irish Daily Star, which has also circulated the pictures. This morning (September 16), former Prime Minister John Major told the BBC&amp;#039;s Andrew Marr Show that he believed the paparazzo&amp;#039;s actions were like those of a &amp;quot;peeping Tom&amp;quot; and that in taking the photos, a boundary had &amp;quot;plainly been crossed&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;The way [these photographs] have been obtained is tasteless,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;It is the action of a peeping Tom.    &amp;quot;In our country we prosecute peeping Toms. That&amp;#039;s exactly what they have done and they have been peeping with long lenses from a long way away. They&amp;#039;re very distasteful.&amp;quot; Richard Desmond, chairman of media group Northern &amp;amp; Shell which part owns the Irish Daily Star, also said that he was &amp;quot;very angry at the decision to publish [the] photographs&amp;quot; and would be &amp;quot;taking immediate steps to close down the joint venture&amp;quot;. He claimed that his group had no editorial control over the title. Irish part-owner Independent News and Media said today that it had been unaware the pictures were going to be used and called the decision to print them &amp;quot;regrettable and in poor taste&amp;quot;. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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