We would NEVER go topless like Kate! Just 14 per cent of British women would remove their bikini tops on holiday

The Duchess of Cambridge has taken legal action to prevent further pictures of her sunbathing topless on holiday being published - but the embarrassment may never have happened if she was more like the majority of her compatriots.
Just 14 per cent of British women sunbathe without their bikini tops on, according to a new survey.

The main reason why they said they don't want to bare their breasts is that they are not confident enough about their figures. Six out of ten women questioned said they preferred to keep their bikini top on because they don't feel they have a 'perfect' body.

A further 54 per cent of respondents said they would rather stay covered up because they didn't want strangers seeing them semi-naked while 32 per cent said they would not strip off if children were present.

But 61 per cent of women said they would undo their bikini if they were lying on their front to prevent tanlines.
Only 6 per cent of the women polled by dating site

MissTravel.com said they would sunbathe fully topless in Britain. But they would be bolder if they were abroad with 14 per cent saying they would bare all in countries like Spain, Italy or France because of their liberal attitudes to nudity.

However just 2 per cent would strip off fully on a nudist beach. Read More