Who is your favorite pop culture princess? Sound off in the comments down below! (Photo: Promotional/WENN)
Meghan Markle won’t be a princess per se, but she’s marrying Prince Harry, and that’s good enough for us! (Photo: WENN)
Mia Thermopolis made us all dream that one day our grandma would confess that she’d been hiding our true royal identity. (Photo: Promotional)
Lady Diana was the The People’s Princess. Enough said. (Photo: WENN)
Carrie Fisher may be gone, but Leia will forever live in our hearts as the bravest, sassiest princess in the whole galaxy! (Photo: WENN)
Although, again, she technically isn’t one, since Diana, Kate Middleton has become the ultimate real-life, modern-time princess. (Photo: WENN)
Xena, the famed warrior princess who could go toe-to-toe with Hercules, Eowyn, and even the Hulk for that matter! And yes, she is a princess. (Photo: Promotional)
Princess Charlotte of Cambridge may only be 2 years old—but her cuteness gained her a spot on our list! (Photo: WENN)
Many remember Hilary Duff as the lead star in the hit series Lizzie McGuire. But for us, Hilary will forever be Samantha Montgomery from A Cinderella Story. (Photo: Promotional)
If you thought Disney’s princesses dressed up cute, just take a look at Princess (sorry, now Queen!) Letizia of Spain’s wardrobe and you’ll know why she’s one of our favs. (Photo: WENN)
After Gal Gadot’s performance, the princess of the Amazons, Diana Prince, the amazing Wonder Woman had to be in our list! (Photo: WENN)
Princes Leonor and Infanta Sofia of Spain are the daughters of Queen Letizia and Felipe VI. They are cute, they’re young, and they’re royalty. Should I go on? (Photo: WENN)
Ok—we know she’s just pure animation. But Fiona is a capable woman who is much more than just a damsel in distress (she freaking burps and knows martial arts!) AND WE LOVE IT! (Photo: Promotional)
Princess Charlene of Monaco is yet another plebeian turned princess. Before marrying Prince Albert II, she represented South Africa in the 2000 Olympics, and then again in 2014. (Photo: WENN)
Forget about Cinderella, Snow White, and Belle! Today, Disney stories fall short of pop culture princesses.
From real life royals, to rebels from a galaxy far, far away, to animated characters, these women have redefined what it means to be a modern-day princess. And Meghan Markle is about to join this exclusive group of powerful and yet charming women.
Meet 13 of our favorite modern-day princesses in our photo gallery above. Who is your favorite pop culture princess? Sound off in the comments down below!
