Is it easy to be a princess? How heirs to the throne really live

The lives of princes and princesses are often far from our notions of "sugar" happy girls and carefree boys.… Only in fairy tales is everything beautiful, just, and weddings are based on love. In reality, high birth is no guarantee... of a happy life, and the children of even the poorest peasant woman are sometimes more beloved than royal offspring, for they live daily with their mother and are not bound by the confines of endless conventions.… The stories of heirs to the throne, from imperial offspring to the children of tribal leaders, are sometimes bleak. Children were sold, and sometimes even sacrificed. They served as pawns in political games, hostages, and subjects of negotiation in the conclusion of dynastic marriages. For instance, a very young girl could be given in marriage to a mature man, and women's opinions in marriage arrangements were not even considered…
In this book, you will learn how heirs to the throne really live, what they played, what they ate, what illnesses princes and princesses suffered from. How and who raised them, and whether the fairy tale of children from royal families is always long, beautiful, and kind.