Well, it seems William's court action against French gossip magazine Closer failed to intimidate the Euro gossip mag editors, as the palace had hoped.

After weeks of hints that there were 'more explicit' photos of Kate's now-infamous sunbathing session being hawked around, they have indeed appeared in Danish magazine See and Hear. Egotastic is running a full scan of the pages, for those who wish to be fully informed about the debate.

If you can't be bothered to click through, you're not missing much. To put it bluntly, they show a bit more of Kate's butt, which, to judge from the somewhat blurry evidence, is every bit as enviable as her sister Pippa's. Big surprise, right? Had the palace not kicked up such a fuss about them, its entirely likely the whole saga would have been long-forgotten by now. The reproduction of the photos on the web also shows the futility of national injunctions in the Internet age.

Speaking of Pippa, it will be interesting to see if anyone dares ask her about the Kate naked photos when she goes out promoting her new party planning book, published in three weeks time.