London ( CNN ) -- The Duchess of Cambridge has been photographed furtively once again : An Italian magazine announced Tuesday it will publish vacation photos of the pregnant royal and her baby bump , despite her objection . The magazine , Chi , said Tuesday that it will print `` extraordinary images of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during their dream holiday in the Caribbean '' in the issue coming out Wednesday . `` The future mum , now in her fourth month of pregnancy , wears a small bikini that enhances her now visible bump , '' the magazine said . St. James 's Palace -- which represents Catherine , her husband , Prince William , and his brother , Harry -- responded with dismay . `` We are disappointed that photographs of the Duke and Duchess on a private holiday look likely to be published overseas , '' a palace representative said . `` This is a clear breach of the couple 's right to privacy . '' It was not immediately clear when or exactly where the pictures were taken . British and U.S. media -- including People , like CNN a division of Time Warner -- reported that the royal couple recently vacationed on the secluded Caribbean isle of Mustique . The Duchess , whose maiden name is Kate Middleton , has kept a low profile since the announcement in December she is set to give birth to her first child in July . Images showing any evidence of a baby bump have been hard to come by in that time . The Chi photos , though , are not her first encounter with paparazzi -- which tracked her during her long courtship with William , their engagement and their time since April 2011 as a married couple . The highest-profile example came in September 2012 , when the French magazine Closer ran photographs of Catherine privately sunbathing topless while on a holiday with William in France . Besides that magazine , some of those photos also were published in the Irish Daily Star newspaper and Chi , which according to its parent company Mondadori is a women 's magazine with an average circulation of more than 218,000 and a readership well beyond that . Soon after the photos came out , the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge took legal action against Closer -- which was fined by a French court and ordered not to distribute the edition in print or online . It was also told to hand over the photos to the royals . CNN 's Susannah Palk reported this story from London , and Greg Botelho wrote it from Atlanta . CNN 's Gisella Deputato contributed to this report .
The Italian magazine , Chi , says it will print photos of the Duchess of Cambridge on holiday . The photos show her in `` a small bikini that enhances her now visible ( baby ) bump , '' Chi says . A disappointed St. James 's Palace says the pics violate her privacy . Chi was among the publications to run photos of Catherine sunbathing topless last year .