Kate Middleton Covers Marie Claire South Africa

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.