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Wednesday, 3 October 2012

The future king and his wife Catherine were served durian, revered in the region as the "king of fruits", during a welcome lunch with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak after their arrival Thursday for a three-day visit. But during a lunch Friday with business executives in the capital Kuala Lumpur, he quipped: "I'd just like to say how delicious lunch was, but I was delighted to see that durian wasn't on the menu." "Having tasted it yesterday, I feared for the safety of the people I met thereafter," he said, causing the crowd of more than 1,000 business figures to erupt in laughter. Durian is popular in Malaysia and neighbouring countries, where it is prized for its distinctive flavour. But many are disgusted by its powerful odour and the fruit is banned from various venues and some public transportation in the region. Britain's younger royals are touring the globe throughout 2012 as part of celebrations marking the 60-year reign of William's grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. They are now on a nine-day trip that started in Singapore and will move on this weekend to the Solomon Islands and later Tuvalu. However, a French magazine saying it would publish topless photos of Catherine has threatened to sully the tour. The couple were "saddened" by the report, a royal source travelling with them told AFP on Friday.  



Announcing a world exclusive, Closer magazine invited readers on its website to pick up he new edition to enjoy "the photos that the world can't wait to see; the Duchess of Cambridge topless on a guesthouse terrace".
Splashed on the front cover and inside on five pages, many of the grainy photos feature what appears to be the young couple together with Kate wearing just the bottoms of a black and white bikini.
The pictures were sure to create a worldwide media frenzy less than a month after the publication of nude photos of William's brother Harry.
The snaps were taken on the terrace of the Autet Chateau in the southern French region of Provence where William and Kate were said to have been on vacation last week.
The magazine said the chateau was owned by Viscount Linley, the son of Queen Elizabeth's late sister Princess Margaret.
The couple are currently in Malaysia and a source travelling with them said that "their royal highnesses were saddened to learn about the alleged photos".
"The incident, if true, turns the clock back 15 years," the source said, referring to the intense media attention on William's late mother Diana, who died in a car crash while fleeing paparazzi in Paris in 1997.
The royal source added that the monarchy was investigating the authenticity of the photos and would then "make a decision about what to do".
The story was picked up in the British media on Friday, less than a month after the publication of naked pictures of Harry in a Las Vegas hotel.
Britain's younger royals are touring the globe throughout 2012 as part of celebrations marking the 60-year reign of William's grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.
They are now on a nine-day trip that started in Singapore. They arrived in Malaysia on Thursday, and will move on this weekend to the Solomon Islands and later Tuvalu.
On Friday, they will make a highly-anticipated public appearance at a park in central Kuala Lumpur before visiting a nature conservation site in the Borneo jungle Saturday.
But the photo row threatened to overshadow the tour, which was meant to help introduce the couple overseas after their pomp-filled marriage last year.
The April 2011 ceremony was watched by up to two billion TV viewers around the world, sparking fresh excitement in Britain's monarchy after years of crisis.
Last month a US celebrity gossip website published grainy camera-phone pictures of William's brother Harry cavorting naked with a mystery woman during a wild party in a Las Vegas hotel suite.
Harry, the third in line to the throne and a military helicopter pilot, has since been deployed to Afghanistan for a second tour of duty.



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