France may have lost the Tour de France, but the French press have today beaten their British rivals in the race to the gutter.
The French edition of Closer magazine is expected to publish long lens shots of the Duchess of Cambridge, taken while she was sunbathing topless beside a private swimming pool, on holiday in Provence.
The Duke and Duchess are currently in Malaysia. Yesterday she gave a speech praising the work of a children's hospice.
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