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gnate Evgeny Lebedev, who owns British daily The Independent and strapless party dresses London’s Evening Standard.The photos of Harry stained a positive image the Royal family has carefully crafted as it worked to turn the page on Princess Diana’s death in 1997 and a raft of scandals at the time including Prince Andrew’s ex-wife Sarah Ferguson having her toes sucked by a U.Royal sources said the photo spread felt like a flashback to the paparazzi chases of Princess Diana, William’s mother, making it even more painful for him.William and Kate were staying at the Chateau d’Autet near Aix-en-Provence in the Luberon region, whose picture-postcard villages, rolling lavender fields and vineyards have made it a favourite getaway spot for wealthy foreigners.But they had more clothes onAt one point the Duchess, clearly recognizable in the slightly fuzzy images, stands up and partly peels down her bikini bottoms as William rubs sun lotion on her back.reads one photo caption.People always say she doesn’t need to dress up to look good.could not see what all the fuss was all about.said a newspaper vendor called Sylvie, selling the magazine in central Paris.Closer, a weekly round-up of celebrity gossip, ran a dozen shots of the Duchess as she slipped off her bikini top, relaxed on a sun lounger and at one point pulled down the back of her bikini bottoms as William rubs sun cream on her.The spread is a blow to Buckingham Palace as it tries to move on from a scandal over naked shots of Prince Harry that tarred an image bolstered by Kate and William’s wedding, the Queen’s 2012 Diamond Jubilee and her Olympic Games appearance.While Closer defended its decision to publish the photographs, a royal spokesperson called it a grotesque move that had upset the royal couple, currently touring southeast Asia, and said Buckingham Palace was consulting lawyers.RelatedPrince Harry naked photo runs on cover of Murdoch's Sun; more photos expected to emergeKelly McParland: The serious debate about Prince Harry's buttIt's about'freedom of the press': U.WINDSORS TAKE THEIR CLOTHES OFFCloser, published by Italian company Mondadori, would likely lose any legal case long party dresses over invasion of privacy, although profits from the issue would likely far exceed any fine faced, likely just a few thousand euros.in some cases, a torrent of Twitter commentary on both sides of the English Channel mostly chided Closer for running the shots.in a mock threat to the British tabloid newspaper that published the nude photos of Prince Harry.Royal sources said the photo spread was a flashback to the paparazzi chases of Princess Diana, William’s mother, making it even more painful for him.Closer said Kate was also spotted smoking a cigarette on the way out of Marseille airport, where the pair arrived on a commercial flight.The menagerie cast who populate the pages of Ashley Spires illustrated childrens books includes space cats, pint-sized pirates and reclusive sasquatches.one wears a jaunty beret and scarf, another dons myried disguises and in her spare time, the B.born author/illustrator documents her own outfits via her unique outfit blog, Drawn Out Wardrobe.Instead of the usual personal style method of photos, the camera-shy Spires keeps a chronicle of her ensembles by sketching them.The Post’s Tara MacInnis caught up with the multi-talented Spires, now based in Saskatoon, to discuss personal style, the obsession with polka dots, and what her elementary school readership thinks of her ballerina flats.What she s is wearing right nowA pair of AG jeans from Urban Rack in Ladner, B.and some colour-blocked wedges, from Modcloth.Also, a geometrically patterned, almost graffiti-esque scarf from Gap, a LiefNotes at Anthropologie top, a grey wool blazer from Anthropologie, a pink bracelet from Banana Republic and an aqua bracelet from J.The clutch is by a local Saskatoon designer, purchased at a craft fair.How she describes her styleI’ve walked into more than one school, and they say, ‘you’re not at all what I pictured.I want to say eclectic, mainly because I tend to wear a lot of colour.I liked to wear colours mixed together even before colour-blocking came in and I was allowed to.I used to describe my style as demented clown, but now that I’m black party dresses in my 30’s, it’s getting a little more classy.I do like pinks and lots of patterns, and it’s a struggle to get me into really tailored, calm things.I’ve never owned a suit in my life and I probably never will.What she’ll never wearI don’t think I’ll ever be able to pull of harem pants.They look so cute on girls who are around 20, but on me, they would be an 80’s re-dub.And it’s not like I don’t love them, but sometimes you just have to know your limits.Favourite Canadian city to shop inMy west coast roots will hate me, but I might have to say Toronto, because it’s so easy to get everywhere in the city.I go to the Anthropologie in Yorkville, and Yorkdale for J.My editor and I go to the Anthropologie in Don Mills and have dinner and that’s our work meeting!They have beautiful stuff that I want to buy but can’t always afford.I tend to shop the most at the Gap.I won their employee discount card for a year which was amazing and everything was dirt cheap.I end up having a lot of Gap stuff, but I yearn for Era.The most recent thing she boughtA J.Crew Collection dress.I got it on sale, and I was so excited.It’s a pleated, knee-length cap-sleeved, fuchsia silk dress, that cinches in at the waist.We’re going to Calgary for a wedding, and I have some writer’s festivals this fall that I’ll wear it to.It’ll be cute with tights and a blazer.Fuchsia is a year-round colour for me.Favourite item in her closetMy favourite thing right now is polka dots, of which I have plenty.There has to be something polka-dotted on me at all times.I got AG polka dot jeans that are grey with white polka dots, and they are my current major obsession.Desert island beauty bagMAC s Fluidline in Blacktrack.I sought it out when I got my thick bangs and it just goes with the whole