I never call L “princess.”  This blogger is a tad defensive about her decision to use the moniker.  As for me, I’ve never had to resist the urge to call L princess or had a slip of the tongue.  There are a couple of reasons for this.  First and foremost, we don’t watch TV.  Specifically, we don’t watch Disney.  Shockingly enough, there are very few occasions in normal 3-year-old life in which the royals, past present fictional or real, pop up.  L doesn’t really know what a princess is.  I think she asked me once, and I had a hard time explaining it.  I think the problem with princesses today are that they are aligned with the Disney ad machine.  Disney’s movies, videos, games and especially ads are designed with big bucks to entice small children.  I think it’s worth sheltering my small child.

Ug, I could really go on a Disney rant here.  Why is it that the only toy store in the mall is a Disney store?  Why does every Disney movie, whether the princess be strong or heroic or pathetic, end with a kiss?  And such an enticing kiss!  Why do all Disney characters have eyes as large as their waists?  Even when they decide to feature a rare plump character, the eyes are obscenely large.  Why was the actress who played Cinderella packed into such a small, shape-deforming corset that she was unable to eat while in costume?  Let’s not forget this actress had an incredible figure to start with.

In the second place, the English royals have a long history of rather nasty behavior towards the Irish.