H.R.H. by Danielle Steel--could it really happen?

[HMTLove23]

I was in the library one day last week, and saw this Book H.R.H. by Danielle Steel. Now usually dont read danielle steel novels, but being a royalty fan i pick it up. I read it and it was good. Its a tale of a fictional liechtenstein royal family. it has some real life similarities. for people that have read could anyone tell me could the ending (which I will not reveal, due to people who have not yet read it) really happen??

[Rebafan81]

I also read it and being a royalty freak, I enjoyed it tremendously. That is why I started a thread a while ago wanting to know if any of the Crown Princes or Princess ever talked about wanting to do something else. I would love to know everyone opinion on whether it could really happen. Glad you enjoyed the book. Are you from PA?

[RubyPrincess168]

I also read the 'H.R.H.'. Generally I'm not a fan of Danielle Steel's novels (aside from 'Jewels' which I saw as a miniseries Jewels (1992) (TV) ). I think I was crying for the majority of the book. The ending is pretty predictable but I think the story in general could really happen (just maybe not to that level of conflict). Just as everyday people dream about what it would be like to be royalty, I'm sure royalty dreams about what it would be like to be an everyday person (like P. Martha-Louis of Norway said she did in a Hello Magazine interview not to long ago).

[wymanda]

I enjoyed the book immensley. While there were a few historical inaccuracies and using Liechtenstien was probably not a good choice as, from what I've read, they are one of the more liberal families it was basically very good. I think some of our Princess's would like to have a more "normal" life. One who springs to mind is the Princess Royal. I think that she would have made a full time career out of something like Save the Children or Riding for the Disabled had she not been tied by her birthright to her "princessy duties".

[Marengo]

Well, Danielle Steel got the title wrong if it was about the Liechtenstein family, as they are not Royal but Serene highnesses

[HMTLove23]

Originally Posted by Marengo

Well, Danielle Steel got the title wrong if it was about the Liechtenstein family, as they are not Royal but Serene highnesses

In the book she is also the daughter of a Princess of Orleans, In the book that qualifies her to be also a HRH

Originally Posted by Rebafan81

I also read it and being a royalty freak, I enjoyed it tremendously. That is why I started a thread a while ago wanting to know if any of the Crown Princes or Princess ever talked about wanting to do something else. I would love to know everyone opinion on whether it could really happen. Glad you enjoyed the book. Are you from PA?

yes Im from Pennsylvania

[Mermaid1962]

In an interview during the 80s, she said that she would have liked to have been a lorry/truck driver, because it would give a person time alone.

Originally Posted by wymanda

I enjoyed the book immensley. While there were a few historical inaccuracies and using Liechtenstien was probably not a good choice as, from what I've read, they are one of the more liberal families it was basically very good. I think some of our Princess's would like to have a more "normal" life. One who springs to mind is the Princess Royal. I think that she would have made a full time career out of something like Save the Children or Riding for the Disabled had she not been tied by her birthright to her "princessy duties".

[CasiraghiTrio]

Originally Posted by Marengo

Well, Danielle Steel got the title wrong if it was about the Liechtenstein family, as they are not Royal but Serene highnesses

Yeah, that was my initial thought too but then in the book, Steel qualifies the title with explanation of the girl's mother having been HRH. She does point out that Christiana is only HSH but that her mom was HRH, and I think the HRH title was used for the book because more people would understand it.
If it was titled HSH, non-royalty-buff people would be like, What the hell? But most people know what is HRH, so....

The fiction here was well-researched, actually. She got a lot of things right, even things I didn't expect her to get right.
I'm not a steel reader either, but had to read this one, haha.

[Rebafan81]

Originally Posted by HMTLove23

In the book she is also the daughter of a Princess of Orleans, In the book that qualifies her to be also a HRH



yes Im from Pennsylvania

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