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''They are no kings, though they possess the crown.

''Titles are shadows, crowns are empty things,

''The good of subjects is the end of kings.''~~|'''Daniel Defoe'''}}~~

''The good of subjects is the end of kings.''

|'''Daniel Defoe'''}}

This is the opposite of the [[Ermine Cape Effect]], where persons in power, usually members of [[Royal Blood|the royal family]] or the ruling monarch, prefer very simple clothing and will often refuse to wear anything but the simplest crown. They still won't dress like [[Slobs Versus Snobs]] or peasants—that would be [[King Incognito]]. You might mistake them for well-mannered commoners in the right situation. [[Color-Coded Patrician]] is possible.

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== Anime and Manga ==

* Princess Fala (Allura) of ''[[GoLion]]'' (''[[Voltron]]''), arguably. When not wearing her [[Princesses Prefer Pink|floor-length pink dress]], she goes with a jumpsuit and small tiara.

* Princess Fala (Allura) of ''[[GoLion]]'' (''[[Voltron]]''), arguably. When not wearing her [[Princesses Prefer Pink|floor-length pink dress]], she goes with a jumpsuit and small tiara, as seen in the page image.

* Konoka Konoe in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' is this basically. The class' other [[Ojou]] is willing to [[Conspicuous Consumption|spend the most ridiculous sums of money for whatever reason]] and has upgraded her dorm room to be twice as large as the standard (though in one episode of the first TV series, she took the subway with Asuna while dressed in a typical teen's shirt, jeans, and sneakers). Meanwhile Konoka (who's even richer) chooses to live as the other students and has so far used her vast fortune at least once in the series (to gain help for her friends from a [[Miser Advisor|miserly]] [[Boisterous Bruiser]]). Konoka specifically concealed it from the class that she was so rich at all (since [[You Never Asked|they never asked]]). Not many princesses more modest than the type who enjoy housework and cooking. {{spoiler|Asuna}} would also count if she [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|actually knew she was a princess.]] Likewise the latter's relative, {{spoiler|Negi}}, who was raised after the kingdom fell in a fairly austere setting.

* [[Slayers|Princess Amelia]]'s yellow/tan traveling outfit is modest, even compared to the sorceress [[Red Headed Heroine|Lina's]] complex getup (and definitely more ''modest'' than {{spoiler|her sister}} Naga's um, outfit), and the dress and accessories she's usually seen in (a [[Princesses Prefer Pink|ruffly pink dress]]) while performing her duties isn't super-elaborate. [[Justice Will Prevail]] regardless of what you're wearing!