一个叫米亚（Mia）小女孩，在从没有见过爸爸、更不知道奶奶长什么样的状态下上了高中。突然有一天，有位和蔼可亲的女王殿下来到了她和妈妈住简陋的家，告诉她，爸爸去世了，她其实是公主，是基诺维亚王位唯一的合法继承人。是否接受这担负着太多责任的王位？小女孩作出了自己的回答——

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Mia: earlier this evening, I have every intention of giving up my claim to the throne and my mother helped me by telling me that it was ok and by supporting me like she has for my entire life.

But then I wondered how I'd feel after abdicating my role as princess of Genovia. Would I feel relieved or would I feel sad? And then I realized how many stupid times a day I use the word "I"? In fact, perhaps all I ever do is think about myself. And how lame is that when there's like 7 million other people are there on the planet.

Sorry, sorry. I'm going too fast.

But then I thought if I cared about the other 7 million out there instead of just me. That's probably a much better use of my time. See, if I were princess of Genovia, then my thoughts and the thoughts of people smarter than me would be much better heard and just maybe those thoughts could be turned into actions.

So this morning when I woke up I was Mia Thermopolis. But now I choose to be forevermore Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi, princess of Genovia.

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