“You’re not Mia Thermopolis anymore, honey,” he said. Because I was born out of wedlock, and my mom doesn’t believe in what she calls the cult of the patriarchy, she gave me her last name instead of my dad’s. I raised my head at that. “I’m not?” I said, blinking a few times. “Then who am I?” And he went, kind of sadly, “You’re Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo, Princess of Genovia.” Okay. WHAT? A PRINCESS?? ME??? Yeah. Right.




