Kate topless photo scandal, 2012  

On September 14, 2012, the French magazine Closer published paparazzi photos of Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, sunbathing topless during a holiday with Prince Williams in the south of France. The incident inflamed public outrage on September 17, when Chi, an Italian magazine owned by the same Mondadori publishing company as Closer, published a 26-page special edition featuring 50 intimate photos of Kate on the vacation. Chi claimed to have 200 such pictures of Britain's likely future queen. The scandal evoked memories of William's late mother, Princess Diana, who was also chased after by paparazzi, and were blamed for her tragic death in a car crash incident in August 1997.