Pretty Pretty Princess: 10 Stylishly Modern Princesses

May 17, 2011 - by Lester Brathwaite

There was a time when being a princess was all about turning down suitors, overthrowing kingdoms and trying not to die from the Plague. But times have changed and youre less likely to find a princess stranded in some castle than feeding the poor or helping charity. Here are ten princesses from different walks of life whose style makes it reign all over their respective kingdoms.

1. Princess Diana - Diana Spencer

Title: Princess of Wales Prince Charming: Friend, confidante and designer of choice, Gianni Versace, particularly since Prince Charles proved more frog than prince.

2. Princess Grace - Grace Kelly

Title: Princess of Monaco Prince Charming: Longtime BFF, Josephine Baker, whom she met in 1951 after standing up for Baker against The Stork Club's racist practices

3. Princess Jasmine - from Disney's Aladdin

Title: Princess of Agrabah Prince Charming: Street urchin turned Prince Ali, Fabulous He Ali Ababwa

4. Princess Ann - Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday (1953)

Title: N/A Prince Charming: Co-star Gregory Peck and Hubert de Givenchy whom she wore to accept her Best Actress Oscar for her performance

5. Princess Charlotte - Charlotte Casiraghi

Title: Princess of Monaco (she's Princess Grace's granddaughter) Prince Charming: Gucci's Frida Giannini who exclusively designs Princess Charlotte's equestrian wardrobe.

6. Princess Sirivannavari - Sirivannavari Nariratana

Title: Princess of Thailand Prince Charming: Fashion. She's designs her own fashion line and is a regular at Jean Paul Gaultier's shows.

7. Miss Chi Chi Rodriguez - John Leguizamo in To Wong Foo

Title: Drag Princess, "P to the R to the In to the Cess" Prince Charming: Julie Newmar, who crowns the princess a queen while wearing a Mugler catsuit.

8. Princess Leila - Leila Pahlavi

Title: Princess of Iran Prince Charming: Barbiturates. A former Valentino model, Leila had her share of demons including anorexia, depression and drug abuse, which ultimately claimed her life.

9. Mia Thermopolis - Anne Hathaway in The Princess Diaries

Title: Princess of Genovia Prince Charming: Julie Andrews, whose spoonful of sugar helped make the royal medicine go down as Mia's grandmother, Queen Clarisse.

10. Princess Catherine - Kate Middleton

Title: The Duchess of Cambridge, Her Royal Highness Princess William of Wales Prince Charming: Sarah Burton, whose Alexander McQueen wedding gown propelled Kate from lady to Lady.

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