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Kate Middleton's Photo Scandal: Kate and William Suspect Betrayer Within Palace

By Hannah Wong , FashionnStyle Reporter   |   Oct 14, 2012 09:01 PM EDT

Kate Middleton smiles her way through amidst photo scandal

Kate Middleton and Prince William may have to constantly watch out for a traitor within the palace, a new report suggested, claiming that the royal couple feel betrayed by an insider after the Duchess’ topless photo scandal.

Only those within the palace were aware of the vacation home in France where the intimate moments between Kate and William were photographed, according to Show Biz Spy.
For the photographer who took Middleton’s topless as well as bottomless photos to wait at a spot over a half mile away from the private estate in Provence , there must have been a tipster.

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The photographer reportedly shot the photo with a long-lens camera, over a half mile away from where Prince William and Kate Middleton spent their vacation in September.

"They were also long lens, but you couldn't see anything. These pictures nobody has seen, as far I am aware," a picture desk executive on a national tabloid told The Guardian.

"They were on a 640 acre estate in the south of France. I think they would have expected a certain degree of privacy. They were on a private holiday.”

When Closer magazine published the initial set of the photos in early September, St. James’s Palace issued a statement expressing the royal couple’s fury over the scandal.
"Their royal highnesses have been hugely saddened to learn that a French publication and a photographer have invaded their privacy in such a grotesque and totally unjustifiable manner," reads the statement.

“The incident is reminiscent of the worst excesses of the press and paparazzi during the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, and all the more upsetting to the Duke and Duchess for being so.”

"Their royal highnesses had every expectation of privacy in the remote house. It is unthinkable that anyone should take such photographs, let alone publish them.”

Following suit with Closer, the Irish Daily Star, Chi Magazine of Italy, and Sweden's Se & Hor published the topless photos of Kate Middleton.

As if the future Queen hadn’t been humiliated enough, Danish magazine Se og Hør then published Kate’s bottomless photos in October.

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