EDITORS NOTE: THE IMAGES OF THE ROYALS APPEARING IN THE MAGAZINE AND POSTERS HAVE BEEN BLURRED<br/> <br />Photos of a pregnant Duchess of Cambridge in a bikini have been published here in Australia.<br/> <br />Behind these blurred blobs are a series of controversial pictures showing Prince William and Kate on a Caribbean beach.<br/> <br />Woman's Day magazine has now joined an Italian publication in printing the photos - despite requests from the British royal family not to do so.<br/> <br />The royals say the photos are a breach of privacy.<br/> <br />It's an issue dividing residents in Sydney.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: (English) TASH BILLICH AND HARRY KENYON, SYDNEY RESIDENTS SAYING:<br/> <br />"Every other celebrity gets photographed so I don't think it's much different."<br/> <br />"She still actually looks pretty good so I don't know what's wrong with it!"<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: (English) MARK HAMILTON, SYDNEY RESIDENT SAYING:<br/> <br />"It's just invasive and they've got people paying people big money to basically spy on these people when they should be allowed to have their privacy on the beach."<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: (English) JULIA MAJOR, STUDENT, SAYING:<br/> <br />"I mean, if she was really worried about it she wouldn't be prancing around in a bikini anyway, right?"<br/> <br />The British media are yet to publish the photos amid fears of tighter press regulation.<br/> <br />Reports say they cost Woman's Day around 155,000 U.S. dollars.
