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French court decides Tuesday on royal photo demand

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French court decides Tuesday on royal photo demandFrench lawyer Aurelien Hamelle, who is to represent the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, leaves the court in Nanterre, France, in Paris, Monday, Sept, 17, 2012. Lawyers for Britain's royal family will make a criminal complaint against the photographer who took pictures of Prince William's wife Kate sunbathing topless in the south of France, William's office said. The palace has already launched a civil lawsuit against France's Closer magazine, which published the paparazzi snaps of the Duchess of Cambridge, relaxing during a holiday at a private villa in Provence. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)(Credit: AP)

PARIS (AP) — A French court says it will decide on Tuesday whether to order an injunction halting further publication of topless photos of Prince William’s wife Kate.

The royal request was made after a popular French gossip magazine printed 14 pictures of the partially-clad Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, in its pages last week.

The decision came after an hour of arguments by lawyers for the royal couple and Mondadori, the Italian publishing house that owns Closer, the French magazine.

The British royals were seeking damage control. An Italian gossip magazine also in the Mondadori stable published a 26-page spread of photos of Kate without her swimsuit top and an Irish tabloid published more Kate topless photos over the weekend.

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