Hello! wins bid for Jolie's twins pics

Updated 06.35 Fri Aug 01 2008
Keywords: twins, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt

Hello! has secured an exclusive multi-million pound deal for the first photos of Hollywood megastars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's newborn twins.

The magazine outbid rival publication OK! for the rights for the pics of Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline.

Hello! has brought its publication date forward to Monday August 4 to capitalise on the publishing coup.

A magazine insider said: "This is one of the publishing sensations of the decade - Brad and Angelina are the dream couple of the glossy magazine world and we expect to triple our circulation because of the public's fascination and interest in the couple and their children."

Hello! has brought its publication date forward to Monday, August 4 to capitalise on the publishing coup.

Knox and Vivienne - were born on July 13 at the Lenval hospital in southern France.

Jolie and Pitt already have a daughter, Shiloh Nouvel, who was born in Namibia in 2006.

The couple have also adopted three children: six-year-old Maddox, from Cambodia; Zahara, aged three, from Ethiopia; and four-year-old Pax from Vietnam.

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