Kate Middleton and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, unveil a very special magazine cover

Kate Middleton has put her photography skills to the test for a new cover shot of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.

The Duchess of Cambridge was commissioned by none other than Camilla herself to shoot the relaxed portrait for a special edition of Country Life magazine, which the royal guest edited in honor of her 75th birthday. Kate regularly photographs her husband Prince William and the couple’s three children for their own official birthday portraits.

For the cover photo, the Duchess of Cornwall wears a floral dress with a matching blue cardigan as she poses in her gardens at her Wiltshire home, called Ray Mill House.

“We are delighted that our guest editor is so magnificently captured by the Duchess of Cambridge’s royal photographer,” Country Life editor-in-chief Mark Hedges said in a statement to HuffPost on Tuesday.

HRH The Duchess of Cornwall photographed by HRH The Duchess of Cambridge at her Ray Mill home in Wiltshire. (Photo: HRH THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE)

“We understand that this is the first time that the Duchess of Cambridge has taken an official portrait of the Duchess of Cornwall for a magazine and we are honored to be chosen to be the first to publish this beautiful photograph,” he said of the “gorgeous” photos.

Hedges added: “We would be delighted to offer the Duchess of Cambridge another commission!”

The issue, which officially comes out on July 13, also marks the magazine’s 125th anniversary.

On Prince Charles and Camilla’s Clarence House Instagram account, they shared a behind-the-scenes photo of Kate photographing the Duchess of Cornwall (scroll to the third photo to find it).

Hedges spoke about what the shoot was like in a candid interview with The Telegraph, also published on Tuesday. The Country Living EIC said he asked Camilla about cover ideas and she said “Oh, I’d love Catherine to do it.”

“I spent the next three or four minutes trying to think of a professional photographer named Catherine,” Hedges said. “Then I suddenly understood what he meant – one of the most amazing things that could happen. I found it to be one of the easier things to shake off.”

The editor-in-chief said the two “didn’t bother too much with the hair and make-up, they just got some flowers for the garden and got on with it.”

This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.

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