Kate Middleton Covers Marie Claire South Africa

She has never accepted an offer for a magazine photo shoot, but that didn’t stop Marie Claire South Africa from putting Kate Middleton on the cover of their August 2012 issue.

The Duchess of Cambridge has been photoshopped onto the body of a model wearing a Clive Rundle ensemble for the front shot, the first of several doctored pictures.

Editor Aspasia Karras explained, "Kate Middleton is, without a doubt, the world's new style icon. We have honored her with a fan-art tribute, dressing her up in clothes by South African designers and placing her in all sorts of fun, everyday situations."

Tribute or not, Marie Claire is likely getting a mixed bag of feedback for this daring and perhaps questionable move.