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Kate Middleton's topless picture may bother her but, doesn't seem to be bothering her 22-year old cousin, Katrina Darling at all. Darling bares all in the September issue of Playboy Magazine. In addition, the distant cousin of the future Queen of England, also performs her own burlesque show in a New York night club.

In an interview with Reuter's, Darling found out about her royal ties when she got a phone call last April, on April Fool's Day. Immediately the playmate thought it was a joke saying, "I was like, 'no, this is like not happening at all.' But I called my mother and she was like, 'yeah, I didn't want to get in touch because obviously you were doing your show and things, but some reporters came around asking."

Even though the brunette has an established a dancing and modeling career, she's getting politically involved. Darling is using the money from her show to raise money for Amnesty International in order to free "Pussy Riot," A Russian Rock band that was convicted of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, and sentenced to two years in prison in Russia.

Knowledge of her relationship to Middleton couldn't have better timing for the media. While the royals are trying everything to stop more publications from releasing topless pictures of her, her distant cousin doesn't mind showing off her skin. When asked what she would be doing next, the royal relative said, ""I am 22, so I guess I'm just going to continue to stick my fingers in pies and see which ones taste good I suppose."