THE peace of the Queen's family holiday at Balmoral was shattered by newspaper pictures of a topless Duchess of York.
Intimate photographs of freckled Fergie, clad only in bikini briefs, in clinches with her "financial adviser" John Bryan, were emblazoned across the Daily Mirror.
The only comment from Buckingham Palace came in a terse statement. "People will make up their own minds," a spokesman said.
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