Her family ties with the country are strong: her grandfather, father, brother and husband all served the British Raj. Kaye (Mary Margaret) was born in India and spent her early childhood and much of her early-married life there.

Theme Naming: All of Amy's sisters are named for jewels.M.

Real Name as an Alias: Who would expect a princess to be called 'Amy', anyway?.

Princesses and Princes are expected to be like this, with the exception of Amy and Perry who make fun of them, saying they are rather uninteresting and humourless.

Purity Sue: Parodied and played with in-universe.

Overly Long Name: Amethyst Alexandra Augusta Araminta Adelaide Aurelia Anne.

Only Known by Their Nickname: Amethyst isn't the type of name you give to someone who's 'ordinary', so it's just 'Amy'.

Costume Porn (and are perfectly okay with it, unlike Amy who finds the trappings of royalty uncomfortable and heavy).

Princess Classic: Played with, as princesses have criteria:.

Friend to All Living Things: Amy, even though she's far from a proper princess.

Embarrassing First Name: Peregrine, whose first name is Algernon.Cursed with Awesome: This is how Amy sees herself.Blessed with Suck: This is how everyone views the 'gift' that is bestowed on Amy.Tropes used in The Ordinary Princess include: Of course, Peregrine is hiding a secret of his own. Her parents decide that they will hire a dragon, and whoever beats the dragon has to marry Amy.Īmy doesn't like this plan, and so she decides to run away from home.Įventually Amy ends up working as a scullery maid in a kingdom far far away, where she meets Peregrine, and shares illicit ice cream with him. By the time she is of marriageable age, she is quite un-Princess-like, and no one wants to marry her. Then comes in the fairy Crustacea who's old and grumpy, and decides to give the princess the gift/curse of being 'ordinary'.Īs Princess Amy (Amethyst Alexandra Augusta Araminta Adelaide Aurelia Anne is not the name for someone so ordinary), she likes to do ordinary things, much to the despair of her parents. Except of course, for beauty, as she is the seventh child and already beautiful. Fairies are invited to her Christening, and the all give her gifts. The princess is going to be the seventh child born to the King and Queen, and everyone knows that the seventh child is always the nicest, most beautiful, kindest and all around best child to be born. The story starts when the birth of Princess Amethyst Alexandra Augusta Araminta Adelaide Aurelia Anne is announced. The Ordinary Princess is a Fairy Tale novel written by M.M.

The Ordinary Princess by M.M. Kaye