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How to be a Princess

How to be a Princess

Real-Life Fairy Tales for Modern Heroines – No Fairy Godmothers Required

Summary

As Meghan Markle once said: 'With fame comes opportunity, but it also includes responsibility - to advocate and share, to focus less on the glass slipper and more on pushing through glass ceilings. And, if I'm lucky enough, to inspire.'

Inspired by the Royal Wedding on 19 May, this beautiful collection of light-hearted stories celebrates what it takes to be a modern princess. Smart, strong, kind and brave, every princess here - whether they be fictional or real - is awesome.

Including: Meghan, Ameera, Elizabeth II, Elsa, Leia, Moana, Tiana, Fiona, Haya, Lalla, Akishino, Maha, Diana, Catherine, Grace, Maxima, Rania AND princesses ahead of their time: Margaret, Elizabeth I, Pingyang, Hatshepsut, Nzinga and Seondeok.

This book will make you smile and inspire you to make your own happy ending.

About the author

Katy Birchall

Katy Birchall went to Manchester University where she studied English Literature and Linguistics and then Post-1900 Literature, Theories and Cultures.

Katy is the author of The It Girl series as well as Secrets of a Teenage Heiress, also published in 2018.
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