Duchess of Cornwall asked Duchess of Cambridge to photograph her for special magazine cover
The Duchess of Cornwall served as guest editor on the latest issue of Country Life magazine.
The commemorative edition celebrates Camilla's 75th birthday later this month, so naturally the royal featured on the cover.
And being guest editor, Camilla got to commission the photographer for the shoot - asking the Duchess of Cambridge to do the honours.
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The Duchess of Cambridge was commissioned to photograph the Duchess of Cornwall for her guest editor issue of Country Life Magazine to mark her 75th birthday Twitter/CountryLifeMagazine
Along with the final shot that graces this month's cover, Clarence House released a behind-the-scenes image from the shoot, taken by the Duchess of Cornwall's country dresser, Shona Williams.
The session took place at Ray Mill House in Wiltshire – a home Camilla purchased after her 1996 divorce from first husband Andrew Parker Bowles.
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Paula Lester, Country Life's managing and features editor worked with Clarence House for about six months to pull together the 244-page souvenir issue and said they were so pleased with the results of the shoot, they struggled to narrow it down to the final photo.
"The Duchess of Cambridge took our cover images at the request of our guest editor, the Duchess of Cornwall, and we could not be happier with the results — in fact, the set of images she took was so good that we struggled to choose only three, from which the Duchess of Cornwall made her final selection," Lester said in the magazine's preview article.
The Duchess of Cambridge's beautiful photos caused issues for the magazine in terms of narrowing down the cover shot HRH The Duchess of Cambridge
Lester also praised Kate's work ethic, saying the Duchess of Cambridge was a consummate professional, taking "her commission very seriously" and revealed the royal had "phoned me to discuss our requirements for the cover".
It marks the first time a formal portrait of the Duchess of Cornwall has been taken by the Duchess of Cambridge for a magazine and Country Life's editor Mark Hedges says he's ready to give Kate another job if she'd like.
"The photographs are superb and we would be delighted to offer the Duchess of Cambridge another commission," Hedges said.
Kate's renowned photography has been displayed in galleries and has been behind some of the private royal moments shared with the public — including official birthday portraits of the Cambridge kids.
The issue, which also marks the magazine's 125th anniversary, is due out on July 13, just days ahead of the duchess's July 17 milestone birthday.
TV cameras followed Camilla's time as guest editor of the magazine and will air in the UK the date the magazine is released.
It marks the first time a formal portrait of the Duchess of Cornwall has been taken by the Duchess of Cambridge for a magazine AP
Camilla's Country Life will be an hour-long special taking viewers behind the scenes on the making of the issue.
"It's quite hard work but I'm loving it," the duchess says in the first trailer for the TV special, which was released on Tuesday.
Camilla's Country Life will air in the UK on July 13 at 9pm on ITV (6am July 14 AEST).
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