An Italian gossip magazine owned by former Premier Silvio Berlusconi published a 26-page spread of topless photos of Prince William's wife Kate on Monday despite legal action in France against the French magazine that published them first. They included the 14 pictures published by the popular French magazine Closer, which like Chi is owned by Berlusconi's Mondadori publishing house. But the Chi spread ran the whole sequence of photos as the couple sunbathed on a terrace, including one shot of the princess putting sun cream on her backside that didn't appear in Closer. Vincent Thian/Pool/AP Photo The couple is hitting back hard against the publication of the images, which William's St. James's Palace called a "grotesque" invasion of their privacy. The palace said it would seek damages from Mondadori. And St. James's Palace said Sunday that family lawyers would file a criminal complaint against the unidentified photographer or photographers involved. Chi editor Alfonso Signorini told The Associated Press over the weekend that he didn't fear legal action since the photos were already in the public domain following Closer's publication.