We all know that the only reason Katrina Darling landed a spread in the latest Playboy is because of her supposed relation to the royal family.

I don’t know what bothers me more, the fact that Kate and Katrina had never set eyes on each other in their lives or, that the media has been feeding off it enough to successfully launch Katrina’s career.

If Kate has by now not acknowledged Katrina who is her second cousin once removed (because Darling’s grandmother is the sister of Catherine’s great-grandfather) then why on earth do we keep on referring to her as Kate’s cousin?

The young burlesque dancer admits that she didn’t know about the relation till some time before the big royal wedding and didn’t think that much of it. 

If that is truly the case, why has she then taken every opportunity to hop onto the royal family’s gravy train?

I personally think that we have gone a bit too far in celebrating this girl as an extended member of the royal family.

If it was okay to do so then I guess Brad Pitt would be preparing himself to run for office after his 9^th cousin President Obama.

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Do you think its okay to gain fame from a family relation?