For Jerramy Fine the obsession started at the tender age of four. While visiting with her grandparents she was allowed to watch the wedding of Princess Diana and Prince Charles. Not the actually event, mind you, but a taped version. And just as all four-year-olds do, she watched the video over and over as if it were “The Lion King” or “Shrek.”
To my delight, Jerramy’s search for all things “Royal” led her to the local public library. Here she sat mesmerized by coffee table books on the Royal jewels, palaces, and families. It was in one of these oversized tomes she ran across London’s Royal family tree. On a branch from Princess Anne’s side she saw it—her destiny—dare I say, her birthright.
Peter Mark Andrew Phillips, the only son of Princess Anne, was born in 1977. Delighted, Jerramy saw a connection on the paper in black ink (which made it fact). He was born the same year as her. From this point on, six-year-old Jerramy planned whatever it took to meet and marry Prince Peter Phillips.
Jerramy faces an uphill climb throughout her new memoir, Someday My Prince will Come: True Adventures of a Wannabe Princess. First, she lives and breathes in a rural area of Colorado, nowhere near London. Secondly, she has Hippie parents whose family values include clothing-optional hot springs scheduled as a yearly Christmas gathering. Lastly, well, she is middle class and in the middle of Colorado. One is assured she hasn’t a snowball’s chance.
This book sat heavy on my desk for months. The publisher’s advance copy just did not interest me. The art on the book’s cover turned me off. With prince charming in the left-hand corner, castle in back, and a Grace Kelly(ish) young woman lounging under a tree in an idyllic meadow, it seemed too romantic. Everyone who passed by my desk picked it up, but I remained stubborn.
Why did I wait? This is one of the funniest books I have read in a while. Not only is the premise fairytale-like in fiction, but utterly ridiculous in real life. Her serious pursuit of Prince Peter is fueled by the true tales of non-titled women such as Princess Masako of Japan, Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, and our own Grace Kelly who snagged Prince Rainier. The fact that she inches closer and closer to an actual introduction to her Prince Charming makes all the other frogs worth it.
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We had a slumber party and stayed up all night to watch the wedding live . . . every little girl and even big girls want to be a princess
p.s. Princess Anne's kids don't have royal titles!
p.p.s. sounds like a fun book
Really? I know nothing of royalty, but through the book she calls him Prince Peter. Is it a title earned as someone dies, or possibly lost when higher ups are born? I believe she mentioned he was 8th in line for the crown, but kids were born and now he is eleventh?
I bet that was the best party ever, Diane. I can see tiaras and plastic jewels as favors. :)
haha.. i love such kinds of books.. just goes to prove the wit of the author. Theyre truly entertainging to read and i've totally enjoyed such books in the past. Kindly suggest a few more of this type.
But talking of books i really enjoy, i've been reading this series of fantasy books by CS Lewis-The Chronicles of Narnia and have absolutely loved them. They are a must read.
In fact, Disney and Walden are coming up with the latest Narnia movie-Prince Caspian, this May 16th. It promises to be awesome by the looks of the trailor. Watch the trailor here- http://www.disney.in
I am soooo dying to watch the movie!
Thanks for the trailor, Simran. :)
That sounds like such a fun, original book. I think I would be a little worried that it was going to be too gimmicky with this princey framing device, but it sounds like I would enjoy it from your description!
maggie - Princess Anne's kids are entitled to titles, but she refused them when they were born. If they wanted them now, the Queen could (and I'm sure would) bestow them.
and it was a fun party.
Cool, Diane. Thanks for the follow-up. Boy, you know some Royal trivia! :D
I think you will like it, Oakling. :)
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