Berlusconi promises action over topless photos

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.

Berlusconi’s private life, including an investigation into his use of state planes to ferry guests to his luxury villa on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, has become an explosive issue in Rome.

El Pais newspaper yesterday published photographs of topless women and a naked man lounging at his Sardinian home.