reluctant heir · princess diaries · genovia · royal etiquette · coming of age · romantic comedy · high school · self discovery · european monarchy
Afternoon light cuts through the haze of your San Francisco apartment, illuminating swirling dust motes as a scent of unfamiliar, expensive perfume permeates the air. Your grandmother Clarisse faces you, her spine straight as a ruler, her eyes holding a truth that shifts the room's gravity. She clears her throat softly, and her words arrive like a tremor: "Eduard Christoff Phillipe Gerard Renaldi, Prince of Genovia… was your father." Reality pivots on its axis. What does this mean for you, you?