I don't recall any fuss made about the bikini pics from Mustique.
Hi Duchess of Durham.
Plenty of "fuss" about last year's Mustique photos.
Not published by British magazines as too soon after the topless and bottomless French photos, and the Las Vegas naked photos, but well "discussed" in the UK - and everywhere else - at the time.
St James Palace stated those photos were a "clear breach of privacy" and "we are disappointed".
ITV show "This Morning", with Eamon Holmes and Ruth Langford, accidently showed the cover of Italian magazine "Chi" - with Catherine on the beach in Mustique, four months pregnant in a blue bikini - but didn't black out the image.
Millions of British breakfast viewers saw what they weren't supposed to - and there were many complaints.
The TV host had to make a grovelling apology to try to stem the damage.
The Duchess of Cambridge was quoted in the media as being "in agony" over them.
(Don't know the source of that, but widely reported.)
That's why some people are saying there is a "controversy" about this year's airport photos -
- that "the gloves are off now", (that it is now ok to publish photos that aren't anything to do with official duties).
-"it's more about image control than privacy", (not pregnant, no bikini, nice mother and son shots).
I think "Hello" is not only laughing all the way to the bank, but has opened a can of worms for the publication, in Britain, of future "private" moments that get photographed.
(Not a problem elsewhere in the world as we already get them, but may have set a precedent for the UK.)
Best Wishes All, Sun Lion.
