Princess Complex

Has anyone else been wondering why some women feel they have the right to be treated like royalty when they have done nothing to deserve it?
~Princess Diana contributed her time and compassion to such things as AIDS patients and landmines.
~Sarah, Duchess of York founded Children in Crisis and is an Ambassador for the Ronald McDonald House Charities’ World Children’s’ Day. She has also written several books for children as well as adults.
~Her Royal Highness Princess Royal Ann is the only royal to have competed in the Olympics. This princess also works extensively for the charity Save the Children, along with poverty-stricken African nations.
~An American “royal” if you will, Caroline Kennedy-Schlossburg is an Attorney, an author and an editor. She has written two books on civil liberties.
These are just a few examples of beautiful women who deserve to be treated like Princesses, not because they may actually be princesses, but because they treat others like they are the deserving ones.
Over the last few years it has been increasingly popular to don clothes…you have seen them…short-shorts with princess scribed across the butt cheeks of girls far too young to advertise anything, to women who really ought not wear short-shorts at all. There are t-shirts, purses, charms, wallets, and many more items “blinging” princess. I have a relative who suffers from this complex, and to be frank, I’m sick to death of it. I have mentioned to those who enable this behavior that it is partly their fault she is spoiled, selfish, and inconsiderate, but to no avail. She has trained her court well.
Recently, I was invited to a “coronation” (aka 40th birthday party) for a woman I hardly know. I was instructed to dress as a peasant…because those around her are beneath the Queen. wtf? Granted, this is all in good fun, but is it? I know enough about this woman to know she looks down on those around her, who aren’t just like her, who she thinks aren’t good enough to be around her. In other words, she’s a snob.
I think I only need to mention Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie and you get the gist of the list that would follow. These women aren’t princesses; they are socialites, leaches who give nothing back to society when they have the recourses to make it better. I miss the days when having character meant something more than having you name in the paper, when less was more, and when princesses wore ball gowns and lived happily ever after, instead of short-shorts who live life in the fast lane without a care as to who they run over.

Tonight’s drink: Little Princess
1 ½ oz Sweet Vermouth
1 ½ oz White Rum
Shake with ice and strain in a cocktail glass.

Cheers!
Taylor