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Pippa Middleton's racy party photos cause a stir

 Pippa Middleton arrives at a wedding in St Michael's Church in Alnwick, England, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011 (AP)
 Pippa Middleton arrives at a wedding in St Michael's Church in Alnwick, England, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011 (AP)



The Parisian costume party featured a man in a dog collar, a dwarf, a nearly naked nun _ and a rather well known guest named Pippa Middleton, younger sister of the Duchess of Cambridge.

Middleton, 28, was in the headlines Tuesday, with photographs of her appearance at a friend's decadent birthday party splashed across the Daily Mail tabloid.

The pictures are striking: women in revealing, low-cut period costumes from the 18th-century playacting with men in fancy clothes and spiky leather collars and bracelets.

Buckingham Palace declined to comment, but the racy coverage was likely not well received by Britain's royal family, which has been enjoying a popularity boost since the former Kate Middleton's fairytale wedding to Prince William last year.

``A lot of the world considers that she (Pippa) is royal, and by association what she does has an influence on the royal family,'' said Ingrid Seward, editor of Majesty magazine.

``It's unfortunate for Pippa, it's quite difficult for her,'' Seward said of the tabloid reports. ``She has all the downside and not the upside. I know she had has a very hard time.''

Pippa Middleton holds no royal title, but her life has been subject to intense scrutiny since she captured attention at her sister's wedding with a close-fitting maid of honor dress.

The picture editor at the Daily Mail, Paul Silva, recently said that up to 400 paparazzi shots of her cross his desk every day.

Britain's media often characterize her as the party-loving, more vivacious contrast to the elegant and subdued Duchess.

The Daily Mail story _ with the headline ``Her Royal Hotness and the viscount in a dog collar'' _ showed Middleton, dressed in an 18th-century style top, posing with other similarly dressed women and a man in a king's costume laughing as one of the women pulled on the dog collar around his neck.

The article said the man was the host, Arthur de Soultrait, a French fashion designer.

The paper ran other photos from the party that featured a woman in scanty lingerie and a nun's headdress dancing with a dwarf.

The story came after photographs in The Sun newspaper Monday that showed Pippa Middleton in a convertible, next to a companion who pointed what appeared to be a gun at the photographer.

A spokesman for a French clothing company owned by de Soultrait, who also appeared to be in the car, denied that Middleton's companion brandished a pistol at the paparazzi, saying that the driver was in fact ``playing a game'' with the photographers with a toy gun.

Paris police say they've received no complaint and are not investigating the incident.

Regardless, it seemed that the harm has been done.

``It's very damaging for her, it's a totally irresponsible, stupid thing to do,'' said Max Clifford, one of Britain's best-known public relations gurus.

Clifford said that although Pippa wasn't a member of the royal family, she needed to be much more careful about her behavior.

``(Princes) William and Harry have been such a PR success for the palace. The last thing the royals need is someone like this,'' he added. (AP)

 

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영국 왕자 처제 '광란의 파티'로 구설수


영국 윌리엄 왕자의 처제 피파 미들턴(28)이 한 친구의 퇴폐적인 생일파티에서 노는 장면을 담은 사진들이 타블로이드 신문에 실려 화제가 되 고 있다.

데일리 메일은 17일 피파가 프랑스 중세복장을 주제로 한 파티에 참석해 난잡하게 노는 사진들을 게재했는데 퇴폐적인 요소가 많아 그동안 유지해 온 그녀의  얌전한 이미지에 적지 않은 타격을 줄 것으로 보인다.

사진을 보면 남녀들이 야릇한 복장에 각종 장신구를 하고 있는 데 특히 한 남자 는 왕 복장에 개목걸이를 하고 있다. 난쟁이와 거의 누드 상태의 수녀도 등장한다.

영국 왕실은 이번 사건에 대해 논평을 하지 않고 있으나 윌리엄 결혼식을 계기로 많이 좋아졌던 왕실 이미지가 사돈 처녀의 철없는 처신으로 악화될 것으로  염려 하고 있을 것이 분명하다.

왕실 잡지 '머제스티'의 편집자 잉그리드 시워드는 "피파는 정식 왕실가족이 아니지만 많은 사람이 피파를 왕실의 일원으로 생각하고 있다. 결국 그녀의 행동은 왕실 이미지에 영향을 미치게 된다"고 밝히고 "본인도 어려운 시간을 보낼 것으로 본다"고 말했다.

피파는 언니 케이트의 결혼식 때 단아한 모습의 들러리로 언론의 집중적 조명을 받으며 그 후 인기를 누렸다. 피파는 우아하고 조신한 언니와는 달리 파티를 좋아하고 활기가 넘치는 성격인 것으로 알려지고 있다.

이번 사건에 앞서 피파가 파리에서 친구들과 차를 타고가며 파파라치에게 총을 겨누는 사진이 공개되면서 물의를 일으키기도 했다. 

영국의 대중지 '더 선'에 의하면 피파가 남자 3명과 함께 아우디 컨버터블 차량 에 타고 있었으며, 이 중 운전사가 총을 꺼내 자신들을 따아오던 프랑스인 사진사에 게 겨눴다.

파리 경찰 소식통은 "그녀가 연루된 증거가 나타나면 피파가 기소될 것"이라며 "공공장소에서 불법으로 권총을 사용한 자는 누구라도 체포해 심문하도록 돼 있다"고 전했다. (연합뉴스)

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