Kate Middleton may not want to call into her local newsagents anytime soon. Kate Middleton's cousin, 22-year-old Katrina Darling, appears on the cover of the September issue of Playboy magazine.
The issue features an eight-page photo spread of Middleton's second cousin, who has gained somewhat of a reputations since Kate married Prince William in 2011. That said, it has been reported that Darling hasn't tried to contact her cousin or take advantage of her royal family ties. In the accompanying interview, she spoke of being stunned that she was chosen to appear on the cover, saying, "It was the most ridiculous thing I ever heard.It's not every day something like that happens". The Newcastle-born model's grandmother was the sister of Middleton's great-grandfather Thomas Harrison, which makes Katrina and Kate cousins, kind of.
However tenuous the link is, Darling is certainly cashing in, and was reportedly paid six-figures to strip for the famous magazine. A burlesque dancer by night, Darling has performed her 'God Save the Queen' show - inspired by Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee - in both the UK and the U.S.