Born into royalty and married to royalty, she had almost unimaginable wealth, and she spent her early life, as a girl and a young woman, in palaces in India and estates in England.
The reality of life is that unless you are born into royalty or marry into royalty, you will not be a princess, and even princesses' lives aren't like those in the fairy tales -- except for maybe the castle part.
Nelson Mandela was born into royalty.
If there is, then that is both the subject and the format of the BBC documentary "Born to Royalty".
"Born to Royalty" is an entertaining but light compilation of archival images of the royal family, going back to Queen Victoria, with an ostensible story arc about changing royal parental styles, from the strict upbringing of the stuttering King George VI to Prince William's more casual, affectionate broken home.
"Kate is doing tremendously well, she has such ease and grace, as if she was born to royalty". The duchess wore a cream knitted sailor-style dress - by Alexander McQueen designer Sarah Burton, who also designed the duchess's wedding dress.
Nelson Mandela was born of royalty and was a lawyer by academic training, the first in his family to attend school.
Producer Don Hahn said that, like them, Simba is "born into royalty, is then exiled, and has to return to claim [his] kingdom".
The King told the paper that if he hadn't been born into royalty, being a commercial airline pilot would be his first choice of work.
There's one tiny thing about calling Aretha Franklin the "Queen of Soul" that feels a little misleading, and that's the fact that most queens are born into royalty; their title is their birthright.
