A Modern Day Princess The idea of what makes a princess has adapted not just throughout time but through the age an individual growing up. As a child the word princess meant a slim, beautiful women who lived a life a luxury with the most gorgeous dresses and shoes and married their prince charming and lived happily ever after in their palace. The idea of a Disney princesses was a fairy tale of royalty creating an elevation of happiness through fantasy. At a young age it was most little girls dream to be a princess who wore a beautiful dress and tiara and find their prince charming (Hains, 2016). Disney has been scrutinised for their lack of female power and independence in their traditional Disney princesses being saved by the prince. However, in modern day Disney we have seen a movement in which Disney Princesses hold more power over the men and almost portraying a female dominance and feminist movement (Gray, 2019). Prince Harry and The Dutchess of Sussex 2018
Figure 5: Cinderella Disney Film 1950
Prince William and The Dutchess of Cambridge 2011
Figure 6: The Little Mermaid Disney Film 1975
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