Kate Middleton's Topless Photos Got Irish Daily Star Editor Suspended!

9/18/2012 11:33 AM ET | Filed under: Legal Matters • Kate Middleton

Boom! Another victory in Kate Middleton's topless war!!

Irish Daily Star editor, Michael O'Kane, has been suspended for joining Closer France and publishing the topless sunbathing photos of Duchess Catherine.

Independent Star co-owns the paper and has released a statement, saying:

"Independent Star Limited has suspended editor Michael O'Kane with immediate effect, pending an investigation into the circumstances that led to the Irish Daily Star re-publishing pages from the French magazine Closer, which contained images of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge."

Michael did defend the actions of the publication, saying:

"She's not the future queen of Ireland, so really the only place this is causing fury seems to be in the UK. She decides to partially disrobe on a balcony where it can be seen from a public road and she's stunned now, or the Palace are annoyed that people are interested in this."

True, but she was on a private estate. C'mon, now…

Now what OH WHAT will happen to the Italian magazine that published them??? Hmm???

[Image via WENN.]

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21 comments to “Kate Middleton's Topless Photos Got Irish Daily Star Editor Suspended!”

yes says – reply to this

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Leave HER alone!!! Whoever preys on these celebs and getting PRIVATE shots of them are vile….she does deserve privacy in private settings…this is just another example of how MEN prey on women…stalking them….exploiting them….this makes me SICK…stand up women, do not take it….fight it.
No says – reply to this

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@yes

It was a woman who took the photos you feministic, moronic bitch. Go back to the kitchen where you belong.
zenstar says – reply to this

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I also heard someone has videos of the prince doing the horizontal mambo with his old lady and is shopping for the highest bidder. Anyone know if this is true?
DSummerfan says – reply to this

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Don't care to see this chick at all !
Josh says – reply to this

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Kate Middleton is beautiful, she has nice tits I think its awesome that we saw the future queen of Englands' rack, ahh Technology
roxanne says – reply to this

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So its ok for all the other celebritiesto have no privacy and everyone thinks its ok , but just because she's royalty people are loosing there jobs etc, i totally agree these people should have privacy but it cannot be one rule for one and not for another. Total over reaction :/ surely someone of that status would / should be extra careful? surely?
kimbo says – reply to this

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If you don't want pictures of you with no top then u should keep it on…she know she is one of the most photographed woman on earth she goes monokini style and then complain? when you are traveling the world first class with the people's money you should just shut it, deal with it and move on, u take all that comes with it. Look at Harry, naked pic hit the web, no complains, dealed with it and moved on.
saoirselei says – reply to this

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Good! He deserves to be suspended. The reason it's not okay has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not she is the future queen in the UK or Ireland. She was on private property and not visible to the public. Special lenses were used to spy on them and photograph them. Spying in such a manner invades their privacy and anyone elses. If they had been out in public then sure, but they weren't.
Kawai says – reply to this

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Re: kimbo – Agree with you KIMBO… Tell her!!! After all her cries that paparazzi are chasing her she's not careful… She's too dumb eh?
wendy says – reply to this

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Actually I think the photographer was a woman, and I don't think she was stalking William and Kate, I think she only did it for the money.
Teo says – reply to this

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Agree! She is dumb as. She knew pics could be taken. So stop crying. Future queen? Yeah! Whatever!
teeter totter says – reply to this

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No one would have been able to take pictures of her from "the road", these creeps obviouslly did something like climb a tree and use a telephoto lens
NASTIE says – reply to this

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Awh! POOR KATE! If you were a princess, would you go topless anywhere? If you were a future kind would you be fully naked at a party?? These people are dumb as.

In Kate's case - this is just a media ploy to give her sympathy and because she's afraid will think she has crap tits and there's no playboy offering coming up. Now camilla will say hers are better than kates and that might be embarrassing.

Oh damn better sue for damages and halt the publication of the pictures - quick!
NASTIE says – reply to this

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Re: Josh – what tits? she has none - it was a body double
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