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"The Irish Daily Star has become the second publication to print paparazzi pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing topless. The Republic of Ireland paper - which is a joint venture between Northern &amp;amp; Shell (publisher of the UK Daily Star) and Ireland&amp;#039;s Independent News and Media - made the decision to use the pictures in its Saturday edition that hit newsstands this morning.  Editor Mike O&amp;#039;Kane said that the photos did not feature in the Northern Ireland or British editions of the tabloid, and admitted he was &amp;quot;taken aback&amp;quot; by the reaction to the story in the UK. &amp;quot;The Duchess would be no different to any other celeb pics we would get in, for example Rihanna or Lady GaGa,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;s not the future queen of Ireland, so really the only place this is causing fury seems to be in the UK.&amp;quot; He added that the paper had decided to run the photos as a &amp;quot;service to [its] readers&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;s married into the royal family [and] she&amp;#039;s one of the most photographed people in the world,&amp;quot; he continued. &amp;quot;She decides to partially disrobe on a balcony where it can be seen from a public road and she&amp;#039;s stunned now, or the Palace are annoyed that people are interested in this. &amp;quot;Of course people are going to be interested in this.&amp;quot;   Northern &amp;amp; Shell has also released a statement, saying it &amp;quot;abhors&amp;quot; the Irish Daily Star&amp;#039;s decision to print the photographs and &amp;quot;very much regret the distress it has caused&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;We, like St James&amp;#039;s Palace, believe [it] to be a grotesque invasion of their privacy,&amp;quot; the statement continued. Independent News &amp;amp; Media plc (INM) have yet to comment. Earlier today (September 15), Italian gossip magazine Chi confirmed that it plans to print the photographs - which were taken with a long lens as Prince William and his wife holidayed in France - in a 26-page supplement about the couple. Yesterday, St James&amp;#039;s Palace announced that the Royal Family intends to take legal action against the publishers of French magazine Closer, which first printed the images. A spokeswoman for the family said that they refused to comment on any further legal action concerning the proposed publication of the photos in Italy &amp;quot;save to say that all proportionate responses will be kept under review&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;Any such publication would serve no purpose other than to cause further, entirely unjustifiable upset to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge who were enjoying time alone together in the privacy of a relative&amp;#039;s home,&amp;quot; she added. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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