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* In Paula Volsky's ''Illusion'', the aristocratic heroine ends up starving on the streets for a good portion of the novel due to the French Vonahran Revolution. While she initially does retain most of her airs, the streets break her down pretty quickly.
* Queen Morgase and at least a couple of high-ranked Aes Sedai in Robert Jordan's ''[[Wheel of Time]] books''.
* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' has a rare male example: Prince Viserys.
** Arya Stark from the same books is a darker example. Although she whines comparatively little, she ''does'' have a few moments (mostly to herself).
** Surely Sansa Stark in ''A Game of Thrones'' surely fits this trope a lot more. How she clings about to her childish fantasy of her beloved Joffrey and her view of her surrounding is in bleak contrast with her real situation.
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* ''[[A Little Princess]]'' has Sara having coped with her situation, remembering that she's still a princess and tells the head mistress.
* Scarlett O'Hara of ''[[Gone with the Wind]]'', between husbands and trying to run Tara. She also makes use of [[Curtain Clothing]].
* In ''[[Warbreaker]]'', Vivenna finds herself betrayed, starving and alone in the slums of Hallandren.
* Thayet jian Wilima of the realm of [[Tortall]] is a runaway princess from a country at war.
* Morwen in ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' and ''[[The Children of Hurin]]'' continues to live in her halls and carry herself as a Lady even after her husband is captured and her lands conquered by the Easterlings. She eventually leaves, but [[It Got Worse]]...
* Picture book ''[[The Paper Bag Princess]]'' features Princess Elizabeth, who lived in a beautiful castle and was set to marry a handsome prince, when a dragon showed up, kidnapped her fiancé, and burned all her stuff, leaving her with only a paper bag to wear. Different from other examples, in that she eventually ends up happier this way, with the possible Aesop of "You don't need to be a princess to be happy".
== Live Action TV ==
* Florinda from ''[[El Chavo
* An integral part in the premise of ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]''. This applies to every single character in the family except the [[Only Sane Man]] Michael (and his son).
* Blair Waldorf in ''[[Gossip Girl]]'' has played this role, but always bounces back.
* Cordelia Chase, at the beginning of ''[[Angel]]'', has gone from being "Queen C" of Sunnydale High, to living in a roach-infested apartment, and trying to get enough food to eat by scrounging at the parties that she manages to get invited to.
** The process started on parent show ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' when her father lost all his money.
* One episode of ''[[Cold Case]]'' revolved around the murder of a Cambodian woman who was actually a member of the royal family. Her [[Ice Queen|beauty and aloofness]] combined with her refusal to be [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!|treated poorly]] made her the object of a [[Dirty Cop]]'s [[If I Can't Have You|obsession]]. Basically, being this trope got her killed.
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== [[Real Life]] ==
* Marjorie Bruce, Princess of Scotland, d. 1316, for four years endured solitary confinement in the name of her father Robert I of Scotland.
* [[The House of Tudor|Catherine Of Aragon]] chose poverty rather than going home to Spain in hope of marrying [[The House of Tudor|Henry VIII Of England]]
** She chose poverty a second time (along with the bonus pain of being separated from her only child, Mary) rather than accept that Henry had divorced her. She went to her death signing her letters as Queen.
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