- NEW: A court orders Closer magazine to hand over the photos within 24 hours
- The French magazine, which first published the photos, is ordered to pay a fine
- William and Catherine have also filed a criminal complaint in France
- The Irish Daily Star may be shut down after publishing the photos
Honiara, Solomon Islands (CNN) -- A French magazine has been fined for publishing topless photographs of Britain's likely future queen, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and ordered not to distribute the magazine in print or online, a French court ruled Tuesday.
The court ordered Closer magazine to hand over the original photos to the royal family within 24 hours of the ruling and to pay them 2,000 euros (about $2,600).
The magazine must pay a further 10,000 euros a day if it is late in handing over the photos.
And a French prosecutor opened a preliminary criminal investigation into the incident, the Nanterre Prosecutor's Office said Tuesday.
Separately, the board of a newspaper that published the topless photos will meet Tuesday to consider closing the paper, it said.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince William speak with traditional weavers during a visit to a village in the Solomon Islands on Monday, September 17. 
Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, meet young well-wishers during a visit to the Coast Watcher and Solomon Scouts Memorial on Day Seven of their Diamond Jubilee Tour in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on Monday. 
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince William travel in a traditional canoe during a visit to Tuvanipupu Island in the Solomon Islands on Monday. 
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are greeted by dancers as they visit Tuvanipupu Island in Honiara on Monday. 
The royal couple visits Tuvanipupu Island in Honiara on Monday. 
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge learn more about poverty and village life in the Solomon Islands. 
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit Burns Creek, a troubled community on the outskirts of Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands. 
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, inspects an honor guard as he arrives at Honiara International Airport in the Solomon Islands on Sunday, September 16. 
Britain's Prince William and his wife, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, wave to Solomon Islanders as they leave the airport aboard a truck decorated as a canoe in Honiara on Sunday. 
Britain's Prince William and his wife, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, are greeted by Solomon Islanders on Sunday. 
Prince William makes a speech at the Government House in Honiara on Sunday. 
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, visit Assyakirin Mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Friday, September 14, Day Four of the royal couple's tour of the Far East. 
The royal couple visits Assyakirin Mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Friday. 
The royal couple put their shoes on after visiting the KLCC Mosque in Kuala Lumpur on Friday. 
A crowd takes photos of Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, as they walk in the KLCC gardens in Kuala Lumpur on Friday. 
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, visits Assyakirin Mosque on Friday. 
Catherine talks to Sultanah Tuanku Haminah binti Hamidun, the Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia, during an official dinner hosted by Malaysia's sultan. 
Britain's Prince William speaks with Linges Warry Apparad, a 14-year-old with leukemia, at Hospis Malaysia Thursday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 
Catherine meets leukemia sufferer Zakwan Anuar, 15, at Hospis Malaysia on September 13, 2012. 
Britain's Prince William and his wife, Catherine, meet Richard Robless, council member of Hospis Malaysia, in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. 
Schoolchildren wave Malaysia national flags as Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, arrive at the Hospis Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on September 13, 2012. 
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, visit Kranji War Cemetery Thursday in Singapore. 
Britain's Prince William and his wife, Catherine, lay a wreath to pay their respects to WWII dead at the Kranji War Cemetery in Singapore Thursday. 
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, glances back at war graves as she leaves Kranji Commonwealth War Cemetery on the third day of her Diamond Jubilee Tour of the Far East with husband Prince William on Thursday, September 13 in Singapore. 
Catherine signs the visitors' book at Eden Hall on Wednesday. 
The signatures of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (not pictured) mark their visit on Wednesday. 
The royal couple visit Gardens by the Bay on Wednesday. 
The couple look out over a balcony at Gardens by the Bay on Wednesday. 
The duke and duchess pose for a picture with children as they visit The Rainbow Centre in Singapore. 
Prince William and Catherine pose with 4-year-old Maeve Low as they tour the Rolls-Royce Seletar Campus during the Diamond Jubilee tour at Seletar Aerospace Park on Wednesday, September 12, the second day of their Diamond Jubilee tour in Singapore. 
The duke and duchess applaud as they visit The Rainbow Centre. 
Bystanders crane for photos of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during their visit to Strathmore Green, a precinct in Queenstown, a residential district of Singapore on Wednesday. 
Catherine and Prince William watch a performance by the Sunda Pajajaran group on Wednesday. 
Prince William speaks to a child in the crowd on Wednesday. 
Prince William, right, and wife Catherine are welcomed by a lion dance performance on Wednesday. 
Prince William and Catherine tour the Rolls Royce plant on Wednesday. 
Catherine greets a child during a visit to The Rainbow Centre, a children's learning center, on Wednesday. 
Catherine, Britain's Duchess of Cambridge, meets children at Gardens by the Bay on day two of her Asia visit with husband, Prince William, Wednesday in Singapore. 
Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, meets children at Gardens by the Bay Wednesday in Singapore. 
Catherine, Britain's Duchess of Cambridge, arrives at Gardens by the Bay Wednesday in Singapore. 
The royal couple is greeted at the airport on Tuesday. 
After their arrival Tuesday Catherine and her husband, Prince William, visit the Singapore Botanic Gardens. 
Catherine leaves Singapore Botanic Gardens after visiting on Tuesday. 
William stops to speak to an honor guard on arrival at the Istana, home of Singapore's president and working office of the prime minister, during the Diamond Jubilee tour on Tuesday. 
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge meet Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana for a state dinner on the first day of their Diamond Jubilee tour in Singapore. 
Photos: William and Kate visit Far East 
Kate's topless photos spark debate 
Are the royals taking legal action? 
Topless photos prompt royal privacy row The Irish Daily Star published the photos Saturday, and the meeting comes after an editor of the newspaper was suspended pending an investigation.
The royal family filed a criminal complaint seeking invasion of privacy charges against the French magazine Closer and possibly the photographer, a palace spokeswoman said.
The photos of Catherine sunbathing are more about invasion of privacy rather than nudity, royal biographer Christopher Andersen said.
Prince William and his brother, Prince Harry, still blame the media for the 1997 death of their mother, Princess Diana, in a traffic accident as her driver fled paparazzi, Andersen said. French investigators concluded the driver of the car Diana was traveling in lost control while he was intoxicated.
The royal family is concerned about similar invasions, particularly if William and Catherine have a child, Andersen said.
In a civil court proceeding in Paris on Monday, lawyers for the royals asked for damages and a court order to prevent the photos from being published again.
They also want existing photos taken offline, a palace spokesman said.
The court ruled in their favor on both counts on Tuesday.
Lawyer Aurelien Hamelle denounced the published photos in court Monday, calling them an infringement of privacy, CNN affiliates reported.
"It is a scene of married life, intimate, personal, that has nothing to do on a magazine" Hamelle said.
Chi, an Italian magazine, put out a special edition Monday with 26 pages of photos of William and Catherine on vacation.
As editors at Closer did last week, Chi executives defended publishing the photos despite the furor from London.
"It is a story worth publishing in an extraordinary edition because it shows in a natural light the everyday life of a very famous contemporary young couple in love," Editor-in-chief Alfonso Signorini said in a statement.
Chi and Closer are owned by the Mondadori publishing company, which is headed by Marina Berlusconi, a daughter of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
CNN's Per Nyberg, Laura Smith-Spark and Hada Messia contributed to this report.
