A princess is a female member of a royal family. The male equivalent is a prince. A woman may become a princess by heredity or through marriage. She often has noble qualities such as kindness, charity, and virtue.
In the past, a princess was usually the daughter of a monarch and was often considered a wife-bearing queen consort or hereditary sovereign head of state. Today, the word has more of a generic meaning and can be used to describe a woman who is royal by birth or by marriage, and/or possesses certain royal qualities.
It’s hard to dismiss the princess culture that’s so dearly embraced by many little girls who are deep in their pink phase. But the truth is that the fascination with this particular icon probably has less to do with a specific type of girliness than it does with some kind of developmental phenomenon that’s unique to this age group.
As a photographer, Blake Fitch is well aware of the indisputable power that princesses hold for young girls. The photographs she’s taken of girls dressed in their favorite princess costumes have a dignity and solemnity that speak to the undisputed role that princesses play in early girlhood. They recall the reigning women of Game of Thrones, the aristocratic residents of Downton Abbey, and, of course, Diana Spencer—the late Princess of Wales who was hailed as “the people’s princess” for her tireless efforts on behalf of children, the sick, and landmine victims.
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