Perfect Princess
A Note from
Her Royal Highness Princess Mia
Grandmère says the only way we as a society can learn from our mistakes is carefully to scrutinize them, and vow never to repeat them. I guess this would explain why I'm stuck in princess lessons with her every single weekday from four to six.
Not surprisingly, Grandmère thinks SHE's the most suitable person to consult about royal role models. She says in her day, young women did not look up to scantily clad, weapon-wielding princesses such as Xena and "that other one, the one with the robots and the buns on the sides of her head" (!!!!!!) but to royals such as Princess Margaret and Isabel of Spain.
And though Grandmère says that there are any number of highly memorable princesses she would recommend that I emulate, she always adds, "Though I feel I can say -- without flattering myself, which would be highly unprincesslike -- that I'm probably your most suitable role model."
Whatever! I suppose it is setting a good example to smoke a pack a day and swill down about a zillion Sidecars before breakfast.
On the other hand, it's true you hardly ever read about Grandmère in the National Enquirer. She is the epitome of disc ... read full excerpt from Perfect Princess: A Princess Diaries Book ebook