Camilla in the gardens of Ray Mill House
(Picture: The Duchess of Cambridge via PA)The Duchess of Cambridge has snapped Camilla in a relaxed garden setting for Country Life magazine to mark her upcoming birthday.
Camilla commissioned Kate after she was asked to guest edit the latest edition of the magazine ahead of her 75th birthday later this month.
It’s the first time the the Duchess has captured Camilla for a magazine, although Kate has shared many photos of her children and the Royal family previously.
In the photo Camilla is casually sitting on a bench, wearing a blue and white dress, clutching a trug filled with pelargoniums ready to be planted.
Another picture by Kate appears on the leader page and is an informal shot of Camilla walking through forget-me-nots at her country home.
Mark Hedges, editor-in-chief of Country Life magazine, said: "We are thrilled to have our guest editor captured so magnificently by royal photographer the Duchess of Cambridge.
"We understand this is the first time a formal portrait of the Duchess of Cornwall has been taken by the Duchess of Cambridge for a magazine and we are honoured to have been chosen to be the first to publish this beautiful photograph.
"The photographs are superb and we would be delighted to offer the Duchess of Cambridge another commission!"
The duchess invited Kate to take a series of portraits in the gardens of Ray Mill House, Camilla’s retreat in Lacock in Wiltshire.
She bought the six-bedroom property, 17 miles from the Prince of Wales’ Highgrove, after her divorce from Andrew Parker Bowles in the mid 1990s.
The duchess is the fourth royal guest editor, following Charles, who has twice led the magazine - to mark his 65th birthday in November 2013 and his 70th in 2018, the biggest selling issue of all time.
The edition of Country Life edited by Camilla will be published on Wednesday.
