Heat magazine apology to Duchess of Cambridge for photo
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The royal couple at their first official royal engagement in Anglesey in 2011
Celebrity magazine Heat has apologised to the Duchess of Cambridge after publishing a photograph of her shopping at a supermarket last year.
The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) said it had received a complaint from solicitors after the photograph was published in December.
The magazine printed an apology on its <link> <caption>emails page</caption> <url href="http://www.heatworld.com/Celeb-News/2012/05/Apology-HRH-Duchess-of-Cambridge/" platform="highweb"/> </link> .
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's main home is on Anglesey, where he is a search and rescue pilot at RAF Valley.
The <link> <caption>complaint</caption> <url href="http://www.pcc.org.uk/news/index.html?article=Nzg1NQ==" platform="highweb"/> </link> was made under clauses in the editors' code of practice relating to privacy and harassment.
The magazine said: "In our issue cover-dated 3 - 9 December 2011, we published a photograph of the Duchess of Cambridge, taken while she was shopping in a store.
"We now accept that we should not have done so, and apologise to her for our actions."
It will be printed in its edition for 26 May - 1 June.
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