# How many princesses are there? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 3, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-princesses-are-there/501820 "2009-07-03T15:56:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-princesses-are-there/501820/21 "2009-07-04T00:14:58Z")
There are quite a few in the Thai royal family. Some are under 30. Looks vary. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-princesses-are-there/501820/22 "2009-07-04T02:08:45Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Europe is awash in princesses, including some with a very shaky claim to the title. > > Take [Princess Olga Andreevna Romanoff](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Olga_Andreevna_Romanoff), for example. > > How can she insist she’s still a princess? There hasn’t been a Russian ruling house for the best part of a century. She’s a commoner now, whether she likes it or not. Same deal with all these ex-royals. You can’t claim to be a king, a prince, a princess, a duke, etc when you rule diddly-squat, or at least you can claim it but nobody else should pay any attention to you. Because they have royal blood. It’s considered “once a royal, always a royal”, that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![kjckjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@kjckjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kjckjc)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-princesses-are-there/501820/23 "2009-07-04T03:52:07Z")
The afore mentioned Victoria of Sweden is 31, first in line for the throne and kinda smokin’. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-princesses-are-there/501820/24 "2009-07-04T05:15:55Z")
> [@kjckjc](#): > > The afore mentioned Victoria of Sweden is 31, first in line for the throne and kinda smokin’. Her younger sister, Madeleine, is even [hotter](http://oursurprisingworld.com/princess-madeleine-of-sweden/) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-princesses-are-there/501820/25 "2009-07-04T11:09:02Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Her younger sister, Madeleine, is even [hotter](http://oursurprisingworld.com/princess-madeleine-of-sweden/) The ads below the photos/article are for “Princess Leia Slave Costumes”. Hmmm…:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-princesses-are-there/501820/26 "2009-07-04T12:12:41Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > [Y]ou can claim it but nobody else should pay any attention to you. Many probably feel the same about “real” princesses. Although if I win the chemistry Nobel next year, I’ll pay plenty of attention to the real princesses if they want it :D. Roger Tsien (the GFP guy who won last year) was showing some pics of the dinner after the award ceremony, where he was seated next to Madeleine (Thérèse Amelie Josephine). He spent a few minutes talking about how lovely she was and how nice dinner was. The whole time he had his laser pointer on her cleavage and a big grin on his face. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-princesses-are-there/501820/27 "2009-07-04T13:30:22Z")
> [@Ruken](#): > > The whole time he had his laser pointer on her cleavage and a big grin on his face. Um, is this an example of euphemistic geek porn? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-princesses-are-there/501820/28 "2009-07-04T14:34:20Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > Um, is this an example of euphemistic geek porn? 😃 It was a picture of the two of them at dinner. He pointed the laser pointer at her boobs. For like 5 minutes. No mitosis jokes were made. ---
**Author:** ![Da\_ICON](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Da\_ICON](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Da_ICON)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-princesses-are-there/501820/29 "2009-07-04T23:29:40Z")
> [@ruken](#): > > it was a picture of the two of them at dinner. He pointed the laser pointer at her boobs. For like 5 minutes. > > No mitosis jokes were made. lmfao ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-princesses-are-there/501820/30 "2009-07-06T14:24:21Z")
Can I just say we absolutely need more threads where the answer is links to pictures of the princesses of Sweden? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-princesses-are-there/501820/31 "2009-07-06T18:15:45Z")
By all means. Or consider Queen Rania of Jordan: [http://www.greece-athens.com/news\_images/40.jpg](http://www.greece-athens.com/news_images/40.jpg) Or Princess Letizia of Spain: [http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fergy/Victoria/prpssasturias.jpg](http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fergy/Victoria/prpssasturias.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-princesses-are-there/501820/32 "2009-07-06T18:34:04Z")
My high school was chock full of princesses. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-princesses-are-there/501820/33 "2009-07-06T18:56:09Z")
The Emperor and Empress of Japan are in Canada this week. Why not consider a [Japanese](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Household_of_Japan) [princess](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Tsuguko)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-princesses-are-there/501820.md?page=1)