Kate Middleton is allegedly mortified by her second cousin, Katrina Darling, who is a burlesque dancer.
According to New Idea, Darling has been using her connections to Middleton for years and she has also been cashing on the Duchess of Cambridge.
On her Instagram account, Darling is known for posting provocative photos of herself in her lingerie. She also goes by the Instagram handle, “By Royal Disappointment,” as a reference to Middleton.
Other than her work as a burlesque dancer, Darling also offers tarot reading services at London hotels.
“Katrina running around portraying herself as a royal cousin when Kate was trying to navigate her first days as an official member of the monarchy was mortifying for her. She was recently made aware that Katrina now lives in London and is still doing the stripper thing. Kate’s very frustrated by it. Her family doesn’t even know Katrina and the fact that she’s still trading on her royal connections is so disappointing,” the source said.
Darling reportedly found out that she’s related to Middleton in 2011. And she wasted no time making use of this connection.
A year later, she graced the cover of Playboy magazine, where she reportedly earned a six-figure salary. During her interview with the magazine, Darling said that she learned about her relationship with Middleton shortly after the latter and Prince William tied the knot.
“It was the most ridiculous thing I ever heard. It’s not every day something like that happens,” she said.
Meanwhile, Middleton also made headlines amid claims that Meghan Markle made an astonishing description of her and Prince William after their first meeting.
While speaking with BBC in 2017, Prince Harry and Markle were asked how it was like for the latter to meet Prince William and Middleton for the first time.
The Duke of Sussex said that it was exciting. After all, he and Markle had already been seeing each other for a period of time and they opted to not tell anyone about their relationship.
Prince Harry also said that Prince William and Middleton were dying to meet Markle three years ago. And since they didn’t live very far from each other, they managed to make it happen.
Markle said that Middleton was wonderful during their first meeting. And Prince Harry said that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were both amazing.
After introducing Markle to the Cambridges, Prince Harry introduced his then-girlfriend to Prince Charles.