Topless Kate magazines being sold on eBay

 
A stack of Closer magazines are displayed at the magazine's headquarter, in Montrouge, near to Paris, Friday, Sept. 14, 2012. The magazine on Friday published what appeared to be photos of Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate sunbathing topless at a private estate in southern France, prompting a strong condemnation from Britain's royal family.
AP Photo/Thibault Camus
18 September 2012

Copies of French Closer magazine featuring topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge are doing a roaring trade on the UK site of online auction site eBay.

Enterprising users have been selling the magazine, which is otherwise not available to buy in the UK, since it first hit the shelves last week.

Multiple listings for the magazine are currently live on the site, with one offering a "buy it now" price of £35 with the seller "huni-pie" leaving a note reading: "closer magazine in french bought back from paris today has photos of the royals topless."

Another copy attracted 12 bids before it sold for £31.01.

Twitter users have also been using the networking site to distribute copies among themselves.

User @kasabianite tweeted four days ago: "If any of my followers are in France id appreciate it if they'd go to the shop & buy a copy of closer magazine, i'll dm my address."

Another, @FraserStubbs, wrote: "I'm going to France to buy a few copies of Closer, does anyone want one?"

Today's injunction by a French court against further publication and sale of the pictures did not appear to slow interest by eBay buyers.

Ebay said it had decided to remove the copies of Closer featuring the photos of the Duchess of Cambridge following feedback from members.

A spokeswoman said: "Following strong feedback from the eBay community, we will be removing these items, and are already in the process of doing so."

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