| Once they were dressed the princesses showed themselves off to the visitors and palace servants. |
| Like the king's courtiers, the princesses had to leave a room walking backward in the king's presence. |
| They took Chinese princesses as wives and charged exorbitant prices in silk, grain and tea for their horses. |
| There were times in the 1980s when both princesses were cordially disliked, their every act criticised in the press. |
| This theme was followed through in the aftermath of that marriage of convenience, as those dumpy princesses found themselves, well, dumped. |
| How did this girl know to give half curtsies to princesses and duchesses upon introduction in an informal situation? |
