Irish Newspaper Publishes Topless Kate Middleton Pictures

An Irish newspaper has published the infamous topless pictures of Kate Middleton.

The Irish Daily Star published the photos, highlighting the spy photos over a two-page spread. The pictures did not appear in editions of the paper published in Britain or Northern Ireland.

The Star‘s editor, Mike O’Kane, defended his decision to publish: “The duchess would be no different to any other celeb pics we would get in, for example Rihanna or Lady Gaga.” He continued, “She’s not the future queen of Ireland so really the only place this is causing fury seems to be in the UK, and they are very very tasteful pictures.”

Northern and Shell, who co-publishes the paper with Independent News and Media, slammed the decision to publish the topless pictures: “Northern and Shell is profoundly dismayed at the decision made by Irish Daily Star, which would never have been made by any of the newspapers or magazines under our editorial control.”