On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 08:29:51 +0100, Mxsmanic wrote:

Hatunen writes:

Back in 1960 met Princess Marie of Romania (I recollect she was)
at a small party in Youngstown Ohio. She was a fat dumpy old
lady.

The word "princess" always brings to mind a pretty young lady. One
tends to forget that ugly young ladies tend to remain "princess" a lot
longer than the pretty ones.

The vast majority of princesses remains so for their entire life.