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Arisha, I know when you were a kid growing up, you

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didn't have a lot of access to certain TV shows, but

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I'm curious, did you

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ever break the rules or rebel

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in any way? Of

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course. What child didn't? Well, what were

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they? Oh my God.

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Okay. So this is like an infamous story in

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my family. We were grounded, I

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don't know what for, and my

0:51

brother snuck out to get snow

0:53

cones, and he told me that Drew Mueller was there,

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and I had a crush on Drew Mueller,

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so I snuck out to go see Drew Mueller, and

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I'm there flirting with him at the snow

1:02

cone as my dad drives by with my

1:04

grandma back from a doctor's

1:06

appointment. So, yeah, I tried to rebel

1:08

and I always got caught. I love it. It was

1:11

truly devastating. I love that it was for a crush.

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That doesn't surprise me at all. It always is.

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It is. It is. If you ever wonder why

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I'm doing something crazy, it's because it's for a

1:19

crush. Yeah. Well,

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today's princess could probably give you a

1:23

run for your money. She

1:26

was expelled from school. She partied

1:28

with 80s A-listers and

1:31

joined a traveling circus.

1:34

Oh my God. And at one point, she

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reportedly lost out on most of

1:39

her royal inheritance thanks to her

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rebellious ways. So we

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are talking about Princess Stephanie of Monaco, who

1:45

I'm sure you remember from our last episode.

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Right. She is

1:50

the youngest daughter of Grace Kelly and

1:52

Prince Rainier, but where Grace

1:54

tried her best to perfectly fit the

1:56

princess mold, Stephanie spends most of her

1:58

life breaking it. She makes

2:00

headlines for her raunchy pop songs,

2:03

bikini photo shoots, and for dating

2:05

men who are typically considered off-limits

2:07

for a royal, including

2:09

her bodyguard and an elephant

2:12

trainer. Haha, love it.

2:14

But there is more to her antics than

2:16

meets the eye. Stephanie is

2:18

in search of something her mother never got

2:20

a chance to find for herself, a way

2:22

to live truly on her own terms, even

2:25

as a princess. No matter

2:27

how many glass slippers, she has to break

2:29

along the way. It's

2:35

the fall of 1985, and 20-year-old

2:37

Princess Stephanie of Monaco is in

2:39

Paris. She's alone in

2:41

a dark room under a harsh spotlight.

2:44

Her hands are sweaty as she takes a breath

2:46

to calm her nerves. She knows

2:48

what she's about to do could change her

2:50

life. Stephanie hears a

2:52

tapping sound and squints through the light. In

2:55

a glass window, a man with sandy hair is

2:58

giving her a sign. It's time.

3:01

Stephanie's heart is racing. She

3:03

needs this to work out. Or

3:05

is she got any guesses what she's about to do? I

3:08

mean, race car driving, maybe? Wasn't

3:11

she the one in the last episode that was… Yeah. That's

3:14

all I can think of. They do typically fit you

3:16

in a dark room before that happens, so yeah. Well,

3:18

it's to emulate the car. There are tiny little spaces

3:20

you gotta get used to it. It's race car 101,

3:22

duh. Okay, well,

3:24

you couldn't be more wrong. Cool.

3:27

She's actually about to sing. But

3:31

here's the thing. Stephanie's never sung

3:34

professionally before. It's basically like if I decided

3:36

to become a ventriloquist tomorrow with no training.

3:38

And let me just say that I have

3:40

tried to talk without moving my mouth and

3:42

it's impossible. I mean, lamb chop, who has

3:45

it? Oh yeah, oh, lamb chop. But

3:48

48 hours ago, a music producer

3:50

offered Stephanie a record deal. And

3:54

at first, she thought it was a joke,

3:56

but here she is, two days later in

3:58

a recording studio. Isn't it fun? Funny how

4:00

stuff like that just happens when you're a princess?

4:02

I know. Well,

4:04

she thinks this could be her

4:06

chance to prove she has real

4:09

talent, with or without a tiara.

4:12

Stephanie looks over at the control room and nods at them

4:14

to begin. She starts

4:16

to sing along with the track, and with every

4:18

note she sings, her body begins

4:20

to relax. She likes this. A

4:23

lot. And Stephanie doesn't sound

4:25

half bad. I mean, she's no Whitney Houston,

4:28

but she's not shattering any windows either. So

4:30

that's good. But

4:32

then she gets to the song's big high

4:34

note, and her voice cracks big

4:37

time. Like

4:40

us singing Kesha's praying? Oh

4:42

no. How dare you?

4:44

That's breathtaking. Until

4:47

the high note. True. But

4:49

let's just say Injured Cat is not really

4:51

a vibe the studio team is going for

4:53

right now, you know? Stephanie

4:55

feels her cheeks burning and reaches for

4:58

her bottle of water. I imagine

5:00

she's itching for something stronger than water

5:02

right now. Even a pack

5:04

of cigarettes she's got nearby isn't enough. But

5:07

Stephanie is committed to her singing career. She

5:09

has a rap as a wild party girl, and this is

5:12

her chance to really make a new name for

5:14

herself on her own terms. Stephanie

5:17

closes her eyes and starts again. This

5:19

time, she pictures herself serenading thousands

5:22

of fans who've come to see

5:24

Stephanie the pop star, not Stephanie

5:26

the princess. Her voice

5:28

steadies, and when she gets to the big note,

5:31

she nails it. And not just in

5:33

the booth. After the single debuts, it

5:35

hits number one on the French charts and

5:37

sells 1.3 million copies

5:40

in three months. Wow.

5:43

Yeah. Stephanie finally has something she worked

5:45

for and achieved on her own, and

5:47

she doesn't want to lose it. But

5:50

the rockstar life is full of temptation.

5:52

The higher you fly, the further you

5:55

fall. And Stephanie is about

5:57

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The Royals, where we bring you true stories

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of the world's kings, queens, and all the

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wannabes in their orbit. It's

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a show about pulling back the gilded curtains.

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Because despite the whole anointed by God, then,

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the Royals are just like us. They

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have messy breakup, backstabbing frenemies, and

8:03

workplace drama. Only theirs end in

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wars, beheadings, and sometimes the fall

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of dynasties. This

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episode is all about Princess Stephanie of

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Monaco. Stephanie is born into

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royal fame and fortune. But

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almost immediately, this princess wants to

8:23

trade in her tiara for a t-shirt. And

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after a tragedy nearly derails her life,

8:29

she'll have to rebuild it one very public

8:31

screw-up at a time. This

8:33

is The Wild Child. We're

8:41

turning back the clock to 1974. Nine-year-old

8:45

Stephanie is in Paris and riding in the back

8:47

of a car on her way to ballet class.

8:49

She's dressed for ballerina success. Pink

8:52

tights, black leotard, and her hair

8:54

in a tight bun. The

8:57

city is still new and exciting to Stephanie.

8:59

She's here because her 17-year-old sister Caroline

9:01

moved to Paris a few months ago

9:03

and started acting up. You

9:06

know, partying, drinking, accidentally flashing

9:08

a paparazzo, just the typical

9:10

teen stuff. Yeah, or mid-30s

9:12

stuff, yeah. Yep. So

9:15

their mom decided she should come to

9:17

Paris to shop her own Caroline, and

9:19

she brought Stephanie too. But today, a

9:21

chauffeur is taking Stephanie to ballet class

9:23

without her mom and troublemaking sister. Stephanie

9:27

looks out her car window at the busy

9:29

Parisian streets. There's so much more

9:31

to see than in tiny Monaco. And

9:33

so many more people. In

9:36

fact, there's a crowd of people blocking her

9:38

view right now. And weirdly, they're

9:40

getting closer to the car. Stephanie

9:43

realizes they're coming toward her.

9:46

Her palms start to sweat. She

9:48

cries out for the driver to speed away. But

9:50

with so many people surrounding the car, they can

9:53

only crawl forward. Camera

9:55

flashes blind Stephanie as she covers her

9:57

eyes. Now she knows who they

9:59

are. The paparazzi. Uh-oh.

10:01

She's been hounded by them before when she

10:03

was with her family, but never like this.

10:06

This feels dangerous. As

10:09

the car inches forward, some of the

10:11

paparazzi's faces mush against the windows. And

10:14

then, Stephanie hears a

10:16

cracking sound. The car's

10:18

windshield has cracked under the weight

10:20

of the crowd. Oh my God.

10:22

That's a lot of paparazzi. Yeah,

10:24

and that's terrifying. That is very

10:26

terrifying. Stephanie shouts at the

10:29

paparazzi to stop. She thinks they're

10:31

going to kill her. Finally, the chauffeur

10:33

manages to pull the car away from the crowd.

10:36

Stephanie is crying so hard it feels

10:38

like she's choking. She hates this

10:40

feeling. She hates being a princess. It

10:43

feels like the world thinks she belongs to them.

10:46

When she gets home, Stephanie tells her mom that

10:49

the next time she goes anywhere in the car,

10:51

she'll be riding in the trunk. But

10:53

Stephanie knows she can't hide in the trunk 24-7. So

10:57

if she has to be a public princess,

11:00

she'll have to find a way to do it on her own terms. This

11:06

paparazzi mess is just the latest thing

11:08

in her life that Stephanie has no

11:10

control over. There are obviously some

11:12

perks of being a princess, growing up in

11:14

a 200-room castle, skiing

11:17

at a private chalet, and

11:19

private concerts by the Monaco Philharmonic.

11:22

But Stephanie feels so different from her

11:24

friends. They don't have

11:26

bodyguards or curtsy lessons or

11:29

the public butting into their private lives. And

11:31

she hates all of the obligations that come with it,

11:34

even at nine years old. She

11:36

has to have a governess and go

11:39

to boring galas and behave properly all

11:41

the time. As

11:43

she gets older, the princessy expectations

11:45

grow. Stephanie is supposed

11:47

to do more charity work, be a

11:49

model student, act like a lady,

11:51

and do what she's told, all

11:54

while the press is watching. After

11:56

all, Monaco, like most of the world, has a

11:58

really narrow idea of what a princess is. that should be.

12:01

Beautiful, classy, modest.

12:04

Basically her mom, Grace. But

12:07

those labels don't suit Stephanie.

12:09

She's rambunctious, athletic, and funny.

12:12

She wants to be a regular girl. So, as

12:15

Stephanie becomes a teenager, she starts

12:17

rebelling. Like when she's

12:20

14, she starts wearing… Arisha,

12:22

get ready for it. Spandex.

12:24

Wow, wow. I know,

12:26

I know. We gotta get

12:29

her put away, because that's just

12:31

absolutely ridiculous behavior. Crazy. Yeah.

12:33

She also walks around in front

12:36

of her bodyguards naked.

12:38

Wait, wait, wait. She's 14,

12:40

walking back in in front of… She's 14. That's

12:42

not good. Nope, nope. Absolutely not. And this is

12:45

coming from somebody who hates wearing

12:47

clothes, but… I know, I know. There's a time

12:49

and a place in 14 years old is not either. I

12:52

will agree with you. And in high

12:54

school, she fails classes and even gets

12:56

thrown out of her posh school for

12:58

smoking. It may be

13:01

stereotypical teenage behavior, but it's

13:03

certainly not princess behavior. None

13:06

of this sits well with Stephanie's parents. Prince

13:09

Rainier is pretty hands-off with Stephanie and

13:11

her siblings, but when he does pay

13:13

attention, he's strict. Grace,

13:15

on the other hand, oscillates between strict

13:17

mom and softy mom. She's not like

13:19

other moms. She's a cool mom. Grace

13:23

wants to protect Stephanie from the press and

13:26

the world's judgment, which can lead to

13:28

a lot of classic mother-daughter fighting. But Stephanie

13:31

knows her mom has a soft spot for

13:33

her too. Grace spoils Stephanie,

13:35

even when she misbehaves. Like a

13:37

forbidden cheeseburger here, an extra pair

13:39

of shoes there. They have a

13:41

special bond. After all, Stephanie

13:44

is Grace's last baby. Her

13:46

mom has always forgiven her, even when

13:48

Stephanie takes things too far. Which

13:51

is good, because when Stephanie

13:53

is 17, she attempts her

13:55

biggest rebellion yet. Wearing

13:57

tights. You guess it. In

14:02

the summer of 1982, Stephanie drops

14:05

two bombshells on her mom. She's

14:07

in love. And here

14:09

it is, Arisha. She wants to be a race

14:12

car driver. There it is. Now,

14:14

Stephanie is supposed to start fashion school in

14:16

Paris in the fall. She loves

14:18

clothes and even started designing fabric when she

14:20

was 14. But now

14:23

she has other plans. She tells

14:25

her mom, no fashion school this year. Instead,

14:28

she wants to move in with her

14:30

French boyfriend, Paul Belmondo. He's

14:32

not royalty, but he is the child of a

14:34

movie star. So they have that in common. Paul

14:37

is going to be a race car driver. And

14:39

Stephanie wants to try that too. She's

14:43

really serious about Paul. Stephanie

14:45

even reads one of his love letters out

14:47

loud to her mom to show Grace just

14:49

how serious she is. Grace

14:53

is not amused. And this

14:55

time, she doesn't back down. Grace

14:57

is like racing cars, shacking

15:00

up before marriage. Absolutely

15:02

not. Okay, Pot, Kettle. Wasn't

15:05

she the one that had a fake having a Hyman

15:07

intact? Wow, that is very

15:10

true. You're right. She did do that.

15:12

But she's like, absolutely not. School, palace

15:14

duties or a respectable job. Those

15:17

are the options for a princess of Monaco. Hyman

15:20

intact or not? Stephanie

15:23

flinches at the P word. But

15:26

at the end of the day, she's still just

15:28

a kid who probably needs her mom's support. Emotionally

15:30

and financially. I mean,

15:32

I could barely pay for my own life in my 20s, let

15:35

alone at 17. Oh, God, let

15:37

it alone right now. I know, right? Her

15:39

mom's message is loud and clear. Stephanie

15:42

didn't ask for royal expectations, but she

15:44

should get used to them. At

15:47

this point, Stephanie is basically like, fine.

15:51

She gives in and agrees to go to Paris to

15:53

start fashion school. She can buy

15:55

herself some time while she figures out another

15:57

way to avoid the traditional princess life. But

16:00

Stephanie has no idea that her plans are

16:02

about to get derailed. A

16:04

simple drive is going to change everything

16:07

in the worst possible way. The

16:15

next morning, September 13, 1982, Stephanie

16:17

walks out of the house toward

16:19

the car. She's surprised to

16:21

see Grace in the driver's seat. Her

16:23

mom rarely drives. Stephanie

16:25

climbs in the passenger seat, still annoyed

16:27

from yesterday. The princesses

16:29

make their way down the winding roads

16:32

toward Monaco's train station. Stephanie

16:34

is sure that the only reason her mom is

16:36

driving is to rehash last night's conversation.

16:40

Grace hasn't even turned the radio on, so you

16:42

know she's serious. Stephanie isn't

16:44

in the mood, though. She looks

16:47

out the window at the rocky cliff whizzing

16:49

by and only half listens to her mom

16:51

talking. But when she glances over

16:53

at Grace in the driver's seat, she's

16:55

probably concerned. Stephanie knows

16:57

Grace is shaky behind the wheel, and

16:59

she's been dealing with bad headaches for the last few

17:02

months. She tells Stephanie she has

17:04

one of those headaches today. Stephanie

17:06

is suddenly aware of how fast Grace

17:08

is driving down this very winding road.

17:12

Suddenly their car drifts into the other lane. Stephanie

17:15

screams as a big truck honks at them to

17:17

move over. Grace corrects the

17:19

car, but Stephanie is worried that something is

17:22

seriously wrong with her mom. Stephanie

17:24

looks ahead and sees that they're approaching another

17:26

tight turn, but the car

17:28

isn't slowing down. She shouts

17:30

for her mom to stop, but Grace

17:32

doesn't respond. Stephanie

17:34

reaches over to grab the emergency handbrake, but

17:37

it's too late. The car launches

17:39

over the edge of a cliff. I

17:48

mean I knew this was coming, but... I know.

17:51

Oh, it's so depressing. I know, it's so

17:53

sad. After the crash,

17:55

Stephanie is taken to a nearby hospital. As

17:58

she lies in bed, she tries to find a way out. find

18:00

a comfortable position. But that's hard

18:02

to do with a neck brace, which

18:04

she's wearing because she fractured one

18:06

of her vertebrae. Oh, God. Yeah,

18:09

it's intense. But considering what happened,

18:11

it's a miracle Stephanie is even

18:13

alive. The car flew 120 feet

18:16

down the cliff before it flipped over and

18:18

crashed to a stop. Neither Grace

18:20

nor Stephanie was wearing a seatbelt. Oh,

18:23

God. I know. They were

18:25

both rushed to the hospital, but Stephanie was

18:27

kept away from her mom. Grace

18:29

was in worse condition and was taken to a

18:31

private room. While Stephanie was treated

18:33

for her injuries, the other doctors worked on

18:36

Grace. She'd had a stroke

18:38

behind the wheel and lost consciousness. But

18:40

her injuries were too severe and Grace died

18:42

the day after the crash. And

18:45

now, just four days after her mother's

18:48

death, Stephanie is in her hospital

18:50

room with her boyfriend Paul by her side. Paul

18:53

turns on the TV and as uncomfortable as

18:55

she is, Stephanie can't tear

18:57

her eyes away from the screen. It's

18:59

a news broadcast of her mother's funeral. Here's

19:02

a clip from ABC News. This

19:07

thing, of course, at the ceremony is

19:10

the other daughter, Prince Renee, and Princess Grace,

19:12

Princess Stephanie, who was 17 years old and

19:14

was in the car with her mother at

19:17

the time of the fatal accident on Monday.

19:21

God, everything about this is just so sad.

19:23

Like the dad is in the middle and

19:25

the two kids are on the side. I

19:28

know. It's like the Princess Diana's funeral where

19:30

they're little kids. I mean, I know the

19:32

princess kids aren't as little, but it's just,

19:34

yeah, it's sad. It's so sad. Yeah.

19:36

And it's tough because Stephanie is stuck

19:38

in the hospital watching her mom's funeral

19:40

instead of actually attending it, which is

19:43

such a sad way to like, say

19:46

goodbye. You don't even really get to

19:48

say goodbye, you know? Right. Right. Yeah.

19:50

Tears roll down Stephanie's cheeks until she

19:52

can't take it anymore. She rolls

19:54

over and closes her eyes, willing

19:56

herself to drift away from this reality.

20:00

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20:02

somehow, things are about to get even

20:04

harder, because the world is

20:07

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20:09

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wherever books are sold. So,

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Aritia, things are pretty dark for

21:52

Stephanie already, but after

21:55

Grace's funeral, Stephanie sees

21:57

her name in the headlines. And

21:59

the newspapers... aren't just talking about her

22:01

grief or her injuries. The

22:03

press is accusing Stephanie of being behind

22:05

the wheel when the car went off

22:08

a cliff, not her mom. Wow. I

22:10

know. Now, a witness to

22:12

the crash claimed that he saw Stephanie

22:14

in the front seat and Grace in

22:16

the back. Papers run headlines like, the

22:19

real story, and Monica

22:21

mourns a princess as questions

22:23

go unanswered. After an

22:25

investigation, the police conclude that Stephanie was

22:27

not driving the car when the crash

22:30

happened. Grace was. But that

22:32

doesn't stop the rumor mill from doing what it does

22:34

best. Stephanie's rule-breaking

22:36

reputation is well known. So the

22:38

people are like, yep, that one

22:41

is trouble. Everything must be her

22:43

fault. Sadly, Stephanie's

22:45

family isn't really there for her through

22:47

all of this. Her father is so

22:49

depressed he can barely get dressed in the

22:51

morning. Stephanie doesn't want to add her

22:54

own pain on top of his, and

22:56

her siblings are dealing with their own grief. So

22:58

Stephanie is mostly left to deal with her

23:01

trauma alone. Despite her arguments

23:03

with her mom, even during their

23:05

big final argument, Stephanie always

23:07

felt that she was loved. Now

23:10

all she feels is anger and pain. The

23:13

one person she always confided in, who

23:16

could help her process this pain and

23:18

scrutiny, is gone. Two

23:23

years later, 19-year-old Stephanie is in Paris again. It's early morning, and she

23:25

has to drag herself out of bed. She was

23:28

out late partying, and then she picked a fight with her

23:31

boyfriend Paul when she got home. She parties a

23:33

lot these days, and Paul doesn't like to see

23:36

her drunk or high all the time. After her mom

23:38

died, Stephanie sunk into a deep depression for months. By

23:43

the following spring, her sadness was still there, but

23:45

Stephanie was ready to re-enter the world. And

23:49

not just to party her sadness away. She

23:52

enrolled in fashion school in Paris. And this

23:54

time, she actually got married. As

24:02

part of her training, she has a

24:04

swanky internship at the House of Dior.

24:06

The internship starts off okay. She

24:09

likes the creativity and her coworkers. But

24:12

Dior is stuffy. Very

24:15

princess approved. And Stephanie probably

24:17

wonders if her family's connections played a role

24:19

in her getting the job. Does

24:21

she really need to wonder? I know, right? None

24:24

of us are wondering. Yes. Stephanie

24:26

heads into the bathroom to wash her face before work. She

24:29

stares at herself in the mirror. Her

24:31

face is angular and expressive. A

24:34

lot like her mom's. Stephanie

24:36

is hit with a pang in her chest. She

24:39

misses grace every day. And

24:41

sometimes the pain still knocks the wind out of her.

24:44

She wants to be independent, but she

24:46

feels lost without her mom's comfort and

24:48

guidance. Stephanie's family still

24:50

isn't helping. Her sister Caroline

24:52

is dealing with grief by leaning further

24:55

into her role as the de facto

24:57

new First Lady. Caroline thinks

24:59

it's her job to keep Monica respectable.

25:02

And that includes keeping her siblings in line. She

25:05

rags on Stephanie about her partying. To

25:07

which I'm sure Stephanie is like, I'm not going

25:09

to call you mom. Not even if there's

25:11

a fire. It

25:13

just makes her want to show Caroline and

25:16

everyone else that Stephanie does

25:18

what Stephanie wants. She's

25:20

about to leave the bathroom when she spots a

25:22

bottle of spray hair dye next to the sink.

25:25

It's bright orange. It's

25:28

probably not the color of Princess's hair is supposed to

25:30

be, which means it's

25:33

perfect. Stephanie's practically been a zombie for the past

25:35

few years, stumbling through the life her

25:37

family's laid out for her. So

25:39

maybe it's time for a change, like

25:42

a new hairstyle. I mean, what

25:44

better way to say, hey world, I'm a

25:46

new person, treat me like one. So

25:49

Stephanie shakes at her hair and

25:51

starts spraying. Stephanie

25:56

shows up at the house of Dior a few hours

25:58

later. Her hair is full

26:00

on orange. This is

26:02

bold. Today, brightly colored hair

26:04

is mainstream, but in 1984, bright hair

26:08

equals punk. And punk

26:10

means defiant. Now of

26:13

course, Stephanie's boss at Dior is pissed,

26:15

but it's kind of thrilling. Stephanie

26:18

gets sent home to wash the dye out. She does,

26:22

but then she turns up the next day

26:25

with her hair sprayed green. Okay. Now

26:28

it's not long after this that Stephanie quits

26:30

her internship altogether. And work isn't

26:32

the only place she decides to start fresh.

26:35

She's getting tired of her boyfriend constantly

26:37

raining on her parade. She

26:39

already gets enough judgment from strangers and her

26:41

family. So a few weeks later,

26:44

Stephanie finally breaks things off with Paul.

26:46

She'll find a new crowd that will

26:48

support her partying lifestyle. But

26:51

first, the holidays are approaching, which

26:53

means Stephanie's got to go home where

26:56

one very angry Prince Rainier

26:58

is waiting. It's

27:04

Christmas 1984 in Monaco's Royal Palace.

27:06

And Stephanie is sitting at the

27:08

dinner table with her family. The

27:11

table is piled high with fancy

27:13

food and festive decorations. It looks

27:15

like a Norman Rockwell picture, but

27:17

the vibes tonight are more like an episode

27:19

of Dr. Phil. They're all

27:21

like, catch me outside. Stephanie

27:25

leans back in her chair, trying to

27:27

look chill while her dad rants about

27:29

her life choices. Stephanie knows

27:31

why her dad is angry. She quit

27:33

Dior. She's dating a new bad

27:36

boy. And she and her friends

27:38

spend their nights partying at French clubs. Rainier

27:41

has seen the paparazzi pictures of Stephanie

27:43

stumbling to her car or getting hot

27:45

and heavy with guys. He's

27:47

so furious the vein in his forehead

27:49

is popping out. Stephanie's seen

27:51

this all before, but she's

27:53

waiting for Rainier to do what her mom always did

27:55

at times like this. Eventually calm down

27:58

a bit, try to see Stephanie's side

28:00

of things and gently reel her in

28:02

for making bad choices. But

28:04

Rainier doesn't do that. Instead,

28:07

he tells Stephanie that if she doesn't change, he's

28:10

cutting off her allowance. Now, I'm

28:12

sure that catches Stephanie off guard, but

28:14

she's stubborn and probably pretty pissed off

28:16

right now. I mean, not as off guard

28:19

as it caught me at an early

28:21

20s having an allowance, but sure. That's

28:24

a really, really good point. So Stephanie,

28:26

who you're right is an adult, is

28:28

like, screw this. I can make

28:30

my own money, old man, and I can do

28:33

it my way. So

28:35

Stephanie storms out. She's already working

28:37

on a plan, modeling.

28:40

Her dad will hate his princess daughter

28:42

posing in skimpy clothes, but Stephanie

28:44

likes the idea. She's already in

28:46

the limelight. She might as well do it

28:48

on her own terms. Stephanie

28:52

keeps her word. She has

28:54

connections through Dior and starts modeling in

28:56

Paris right away. Her

28:58

build and features are just right for the androgynous

29:01

look taking hold in the 80s. Plus,

29:03

a princess cover girl never hurt

29:06

magazine sales. And

29:08

part of Stephanie probably knows that. Just

29:10

like her job at Dior, how much

29:12

of her success is because of her royal title?

29:15

She doesn't like feeling like her title is the only

29:17

thing she has going for her. I

29:19

mean, she has other talents. So

29:22

Stephanie starts another high profile career,

29:25

swimsuit designer. Designs

29:27

are made from a sheer nylon lycra

29:29

fabric, so definitely not

29:31

traditional princess swimwear. Stephanie

29:33

tells one reporter that she's a princess of

29:35

the 20th century. Her

29:38

swimwear line is majorly successful, and she's

29:40

proud of her work. Plus,

29:42

these careers help fund the lifestyle her

29:44

father hates so much, but

29:47

they're also a distraction. Staying

29:49

busy helps Stephanie push away the grief and

29:51

anger she keeps buried deep inside. But

29:54

trying to keep it together while managing her

29:56

career is tough, and according

29:58

to tabloids, Stephanie... is using

30:00

alcohol and drugs to manage this balancing

30:03

act. Mmm. I know. Now,

30:05

to our knowledge, Stephanie has never responded to these

30:07

claims, but at the time, these headlines

30:09

were pretty damning. Stephanie should

30:12

slow down and make time to process her pain.

30:15

But instead, she decides to become a

30:17

pop star, as one does. It's

30:19

just a natural transition from grief. I mean,

30:21

yeah. If LL fails, go down

30:23

the pop star route. Exactly. So

30:26

in 1985, when she's just 20, a

30:28

producer offers her a chance to record

30:31

an album. Basically, he thinks a stylish

30:33

young princess is exactly what his label

30:35

needs. And he's not wrong. She

30:38

records her first single just after her

30:40

21st birthday. It's called

30:42

Oregon, or Hurricane in French,

30:45

and Irresistible in English. Both

30:48

versions become international hits. Arisha,

30:51

I'm going to play a clip for you. I

30:58

mean, listen, someone get me a

31:00

high side pony and some leg warmers, though, because

31:02

that song's a straight up pop. Oh my God.

31:05

I love 80s music, though. It just transports

31:07

you there, you know? It does. I'll

31:10

give you that. Okay, well,

31:12

this is not a song that I'd be like,

31:14

yeah, let's do it. But it definitely is very

31:16

80s. I'm not the only one

31:18

who digs it. Oregon races to the top

31:20

of the French music charts. But

31:22

there's more to Stephanie's new career than just making

31:24

hit singles. When she gets behind

31:27

the microphone, she feels like the best

31:29

version of herself. Performing

31:31

also helps her feel connected to her mom again.

31:34

She writes a song for Grace called Words

31:36

Upon the Wind. It's all

31:38

about promising to see her mom again. And

31:41

the lyrics really show how much she misses her.

31:43

But most of Stephanie's songs are fun

31:46

and dancy. And as her

31:48

career takes off, she starts performing her songs

31:50

on live TV around Europe. She's

31:53

psyched. Maybe people will finally

31:55

start seeing her as something other than

31:57

a princess. But unfortunately

31:59

for Stephanie, Her pop star dreams

32:01

are about to come crashing down around

32:03

her. It's

32:06

the summer of 1986, and

32:08

Stephanie is backstage at a German TV

32:10

studio. She's about to do a

32:12

live performance of her newest hit song, One Love

32:15

to Give. While live, minus

32:17

the fact that she's lip syncing. Well, if

32:19

you're Ashley Simpson, that's still live. Exactly. She

32:21

doesn't do a dance, though. Instead,

32:23

she actually looks super cool. Like her

32:25

bangs are bleach blonde, and she's wearing

32:27

a black velvet captain's hat and a

32:29

leather jacket. It's a vibe, I like

32:31

it. I don't hate it. She

32:33

feels on top of the world. She

32:35

has a hit song, a hit album, and

32:38

tons of new fans. Stephanie

32:40

hears the stage manager calling for her. She

32:43

takes a deep breath and tries to relax

32:45

as the camera crew counts down. She

32:48

always gets nervous before a performance, especially

32:50

when that performance will be seen by

32:52

millions of people. If

32:55

this goes well, Stephanie could reach the

32:57

US market and maybe be

32:59

the next Madonna. The

33:02

music starts and Stephanie launches into her

33:04

song. She does her best to

33:06

sell the fake vocals. She shakes

33:08

her hips and makes sexy eyes with the

33:11

camera. Here's a bit of her performance.

33:18

Stephanie thought she nailed it, but

33:20

when she sees the footage later, she's

33:22

horrified to see that her performance looks

33:25

low energy. She almost seems

33:27

high and confused. Now here's the thing.

33:29

Stephanie's pop star success hasn't curbed

33:32

her partying. Around this time,

33:34

her dad made her go to a private

33:36

clinic for The Flu, which

33:38

some people suspect is basically code

33:40

for rehab. Yeah. But whatever it

33:42

was, Stephanie's party girl ways eventually

33:44

trickled back into her life. Still,

33:47

she seemed to think she had

33:49

it under control this time. But according to

33:51

people watching from the outside, that was not

33:53

the case. After the

33:55

show, a German TV executive

33:57

said Stephanie was completely unprofessional.

34:00

Which seems to be a nice way to say

34:02

she totally bombed. So she's us at the NBA's

34:04

after party. Exactly. Stephanie

34:08

is gutted about her performance.

34:11

12 million Germans watched her flail around

34:13

on stage. And so did the press.

34:16

One headline reads, Pop Princess

34:18

Fluff's TV gig. The performance

34:20

pretty much tanks her career. And by

34:22

the time she's 23, Stephanie

34:25

is finished as a pop star.

34:27

Wow. I know. Plus, she

34:29

knows her family is hugely embarrassed

34:32

by this entire fiasco. But

34:34

Stephanie has always done things her way. She's

34:36

not about to stop now. Her

34:38

redemption is about to come in a surprising

34:41

and un-Princess-like form through

34:44

an unconventional and headline-worthy

34:46

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27-year-old Stephanie is

35:53

sitting in her fancy apartment in Monte

35:55

Carlo, across from a journalist, and

35:58

next to a tall, muscular guy got

36:00

his arms around her. His name

36:02

is Daniel Ducreay and

36:04

he's Stephanie's bodyguard. He's

36:06

also her boyfriend, which I'm sure

36:08

you saw coming. Yeah. And

36:11

he's her baby daddy. Oh, there it is.

36:13

Yeah, things moved fast from the last act.

36:15

And she's not married, I assume? Correct, and

36:17

we'll get to that. Oh, her dad's gonna

36:19

love this. Yeah, they're

36:21

sitting for an interview with a

36:23

celebrity magazine Hello. It's

36:25

gonna be their very public pregnancy announcement.

36:28

The cameraman for Hello snaps photos

36:30

as Stephanie cradles her baby bump

36:32

and Daniel puts his arms around

36:34

her, showing off their matching tattoos.

36:37

Now, there's a lot riding on this magazine spread.

36:40

Stephanie knows her family will see it and she

36:42

wants them to see she's in a

36:44

real relationship. Stephanie

36:47

met Daniel when he was added to her security

36:49

team, which is not where

36:51

she's supposed to meet men, let's be honest.

36:53

No, but you know what? Maybe I should get

36:55

a security team. Maybe. Do

36:58

you need one if you don't leave your house? But

37:03

Stephanie is supposed to pair off with

37:05

a European nobleman or at least a

37:07

super rich guy. But she's

37:09

dated that type before and they don't compare

37:12

to Daniel. With him, she feels

37:14

loved for who she is in a way she

37:16

hasn't since she lost her mom. The

37:18

interviewer asks about their relationship. And

37:20

Stephanie says he's shown me

37:23

that it is I who count, not

37:25

what I represent. Stephanie

37:28

is thrilled about the baby.

37:31

She loves the idea of being a

37:33

mom, especially with Daniel by her side.

37:35

But do you want to guess who isn't excited

37:37

about it? You pretty much already did. She

37:40

I wonder. Yeah, maybe her dad and

37:42

the people of Monaco. They're gonna be

37:44

like, Listen, we didn't let your mom

37:46

act. We're not gonna let you be

37:48

in love. Well, I don't know about

37:50

the people of Monaco, but yes, her

37:53

dad does not like it

37:55

mostly because Daniel is working

37:57

class. Oh, the horror. Now

38:00

how dare he earn a decent living? He has to

38:02

work for all of his stuff. I know, it's just

38:04

devastating. But he's also

38:06

got a less classist reason to

38:08

dislike Daniel. A former bodyguard left

38:10

his five month pregnant girlfriend to

38:13

be with Stephanie. Oh no.

38:15

Yeah, not a good look. No,

38:17

literally one of the worst looks you can

38:19

have. Yeah, now Rainier is pretty

38:21

sure this guy is only after Stephanie's money

38:23

and fame. So he said no

38:25

to the match. And to be

38:27

clear, that's not just a no, I don't

38:29

want you to get married kind of no.

38:32

It's a royal family members legally need my

38:34

permission to marry and I say no, kind

38:36

of no. So Stephanie's baby

38:38

will be born out of wedlock, which

38:40

will make the kid not a prince.

38:43

Now Prince Rainier also changes his

38:45

will so that his kids

38:47

partners can never inherit the family money,

38:49

which honestly seems smart to me. Like

38:52

I'm like, okay. Yeah, I wouldn't trust any of

38:54

these people as far as I could grow them.

38:56

Absolutely not. Now we don't know if he later

38:59

reversed this decision, but it's clear in this moment

39:01

that he is not thrilled by the choices that

39:03

Stephanie is making. Stephanie's hurt by

39:05

it all, but today she's determined to put

39:07

on a good face in front of the

39:09

cameras. She wants to prove that she

39:11

chose a good life partner and that her

39:14

choices are the right choices. Less

39:21

than a year later in June, 1993, Stephanie

39:24

is at the Monaco Beach Club. With

39:26

her is her six month old baby Louis. I'm

39:29

sure it's a sweet reminder of the pool days

39:31

she used to spend with Grace. Stephanie

39:34

has been thriving since baby Louis made

39:36

his debut. She stopped partying

39:38

and she's enjoying being a new mom.

39:41

But Stephanie's dad still hates her choice in

39:43

men, which means she still

39:45

can't marry Daniel. So he and Louis

39:47

aren't really part of the family. For

39:50

all that time spent wishing she wasn't a princess,

39:53

Stephanie misses being part of her family, especially

39:55

now that she has one of her own.

39:57

She's almost given up on mending fences. But

40:00

today, as Stephanie's bouncing baby Louis on

40:02

her knee, she looks up and

40:05

sees her older sister Caroline walking over. They've

40:07

hardly spoken in the last year. Caroline

40:10

is smiling, and at first, Stephanie

40:12

thinks she knows why. There

40:14

are people with cameras everywhere, and Caroline must

40:16

want to put on a good show. But

40:19

as Stephanie stands up with the baby, she

40:22

smiles back at her sister, a real

40:24

smile. She wants to make peace,

40:27

and then Caroline reaches out to hold Louis.

40:30

I mean, as someone with two nephews, let me

40:32

tell you, they really make your heart grow

40:34

three sizes. That's

40:36

fair. Now, Stephanie gives Caroline her

40:39

nephew to hold. Louis is

40:41

cute, and Caroline looks fully

40:43

charmed. She glances back up

40:45

at Stephanie, and they share a look. It's

40:48

just a moment, but it's a start. As

40:51

Stephanie watches her son charm his

40:53

auntie Caroline, she wonders if

40:55

maybe Louis could pave the way back to

40:57

her family. If she can get

40:59

her dad to meet his adorable grandson, then

41:02

maybe the black sheep can move home to the flock,

41:05

right where her mother would want her. Two

41:10

years later, Stephanie's plan comes to

41:12

fruition. Prince Rainier adores

41:14

her kids. Yes, that's

41:16

kids, plural. Stephanie

41:19

and Daniel have a new daughter named Pauline. How

41:21

many children does he have with his other baby

41:23

mama now? Oh, Aritia, come

41:25

on. That's in the past. How

41:27

dare you? Poor Daniel. Poor

41:30

Daniel. I'm just kidding, I'm just kidding. But

41:33

even Rainier has to admit that Daniel

41:35

is not all bad. I

41:38

think it's fair to say the two men

41:40

will never be buddies, but Rainier can see

41:42

that Daniel is a good dad to

41:44

however many children that guy has. Although I

41:47

should note that Daniel does spend a lot

41:49

of his time paragliding and racing cars, largely

41:52

thanks to Stephanie's money. So

41:55

there is that. Yeah. Still,

41:57

Rainier finally gives the couple his blood.

42:00

blessing to marry, and in

42:02

1995, Daniel and Stephanie tie the knot

42:04

at Monaco's Town Hall. Stephanie

42:07

gets to marry the love of her life,

42:09

and her family all comes out to celebrate.

42:12

Stephanie is enjoying this new phase of life. She's

42:14

intentionally been keeping a low profile,

42:16

so her private life can be

42:19

just that, private. And

42:21

she loves being out of the limelight. So

42:23

now with this wedding, Stephanie gets to live

42:25

her happily ever after. It

42:28

is until that ever after crashes

42:30

and burns only a year later.

42:36

A year after the wedding, Daniel says

42:38

he's got something to tell Stephanie, which

42:41

is never good. He's like, I

42:43

want to hang glide more. Yeah. And

42:46

I want to add bungee jumping and world traveling.

42:48

Well, unfortunately, it's way worse than

42:51

bungee jumping. Photos of him

42:53

having sex with another woman are

42:55

about to be published. She's

42:58

a stripper he met at a car race.

43:01

Car racing. This is just going to be the

43:03

bane of poor Stephanie's life, isn't it? Oh

43:06

my God. Yeah, you're not wrong. He

43:09

insists that an old enemy

43:11

set him up. He

43:13

says he was drugged and couldn't

43:15

consent to what was happening. Okay.

43:18

The court later finds the

43:20

stripper and her cohorts criminally

43:22

liable. And Daniel is

43:24

awarded damages for breach of privacy. But

43:28

in this moment, Stephanie is

43:30

mortified. She doesn't want to

43:32

blow up her life or her family. So

43:35

she decides to accept his story. This

43:38

is hard because I mean,

43:40

what he's saying happened to him is like,

43:42

is assault and that's awful and terrible. But

43:44

it's so hard when somebody like gets another

43:46

woman pregnant while another one is pregnant. It's

43:49

hard for me to have sympathy. But if that is

43:51

his truth, then that's awful. And what a mess. Well,

43:54

that's not the only evidence because a

43:58

video of the affair comes out. And

44:01

it's too much for Stephanie to

44:03

handle. I obviously haven't watched it,

44:05

but I'm guessing that

44:07

Daniel is acting more enthusiastic

44:10

than someone who had been drugged. And

44:13

Prince Rainier is like, absolutely no

44:16

way does this guy get to stay in this

44:19

family. So Stephanie and

44:21

Daniel get a divorce. And

44:23

once again, Stephanie's life is ripped apart

44:25

in the press. And

44:27

she's crushed. I mean, can you

44:30

imagine like going through this kind of

44:32

betrayal in front of the world? No, absolutely

44:34

not. Let alone privately. All I can think

44:36

about in the video

44:38

was Kris Jenner there saying you're doing amazing,

44:40

sweetie. You're doing amazing, sweetie. Giving that

44:42

kind of energy now. Yeah, yeah, it

44:44

is. But unlike in the

44:46

past, Stephanie doesn't turn to partying to

44:48

shut off the world. Her life is

44:51

very different now. She has her two kids

44:53

who she loves more than anything. Stephanie

44:56

will later say that for all the anger

44:58

and injustice she felt throughout her life at

45:00

losing her mom, the way her family in

45:02

the world treated her, she

45:05

realized that if she lived after that car

45:07

accident, there must be a reason for it.

45:10

And maybe that reason isn't an edgy career

45:12

or idyllic marriage. Maybe it's

45:14

her kids. It's

45:24

2001 and Stephanie is

45:26

sitting under a big top tent in Switzerland.

45:29

Her style has relaxed a bit at age 36. She's

45:32

wearing jean shorts and a t-shirt. She

45:35

fits right in with the crowd around her. They're

45:37

all here to see the circus. But

45:40

Stephanie already knows this show by heart because

45:42

she and her children have been traveling with

45:44

a circus. The elephant

45:46

trainer happens to be Stephanie's newest

45:49

boyfriend. After

45:53

the divorce, Stephanie dated a bunch of

45:55

other unconventional men and had a third

45:57

child with one of them. He

46:00

spent time at a ski resort in

46:02

France, waited tables at a local bar,

46:04

and even reportedly had her name pop

46:06

up as a potential witness in a

46:09

murder investigation. Oh shit. Yeah. Unsurprisingly,

46:12

Rainier isn't happy with any of

46:14

this. At one point, he

46:16

even changes his will so Stephanie will get

46:18

a fraction of what her siblings receive when

46:20

he dies. But here with

46:23

the circus, it doesn't matter. She's

46:25

been chasing her bliss and avoiding the press.

46:28

All while spending time with her kids. The

46:30

music swells and Stephanie turns to watch

46:32

a huge elephant enter the tent. The

46:35

crowd lets out a huge cheer. And

46:38

then the elephant tramples them all to death. Just

46:40

kidding. Good. Good for the

46:43

elephant. But the cheers are not for

46:45

the elephant. It's for its tiny rider,

46:48

Stephanie's little daughter Pauline.

46:51

Now Stephanie's not under the lights for

46:53

once, and she realizes that it feels good

46:55

to be in the audience. She

46:57

looks at her daughter, and for a moment,

46:59

she's worried the spotlight won't be good for

47:01

Pauline. Stephanie hated being the

47:03

center of attention when she was a kid. But

47:06

when Pauline spots Stephanie, she waves

47:08

to her mom happily. And

47:11

Stephanie is surprised to feel her eyes filling

47:13

with tears. There's a peaceful

47:15

feeling inside of her where an emptiness used to

47:17

be. She's found her place

47:19

in the world. And it's with her

47:21

kids. Guiding them and making

47:23

sure they know nothing is off limits. No

47:27

rebellion needed. They can be

47:29

royalty. They can run away with the circus.

47:32

Or they can do both. So

47:39

Arisha, how do you feel

47:41

about our girl, Stephanie? A lot of

47:43

parallels in this story to Princess Diana.

47:47

Oh. And Harry, I feel

47:49

like. Like Stephanie kind of parallels Harry

47:51

in terms of being kind of a

47:53

rogue prince slash princess.

47:55

Yeah, well, unlike Harry,

47:57

at least so far, Stephanie did make

48:00

peace with her father. She was very close with him before

48:02

he died in 2005. Oh,

48:04

good. That is good to hear. Yeah.

48:06

Yeah. She's also a pretty active member

48:08

of the Royal Family. She's a grandma.

48:10

Prince Louis had a daughter last year.

48:12

So. Oh, okay. Okay. Everything's really

48:14

coming up Stephanie right now. It is. It

48:17

is. I mean, I like Stephanie for just

48:19

kind of living her truth. Yeah.

48:22

Because it's gotta be from everything

48:24

we've heard and read and talked about

48:27

when it comes to the Royals. It's

48:29

hard to go against the grain. Oh, God.

48:31

And like those families. So I always

48:34

have mad respect for people that do.

48:36

Yeah. Yeah. I always root for the black

48:38

sheep. So. Yeah. As

48:40

one should. Yeah. Follow

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