ITALIAN Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi yesterday said photos in a Spanish newspaper of topless women sunbathing at his seaside villa were an invasion of privacy and his lawyer said he would take legal action.

Embattled Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi today promised he would resign immediately if he were shown to have lied about his relationship with an 18-year-old model at the heart of a scandal that has gripped the country for weeks.