Before her royal title, this princess worked at Macy's
In short: Forget the fictional Mia Thermopolis. This video tells the true story of a European royal who navigated life as a student and retail worker in New York City.
Princess Anne Antoinette Francois Charlotte of Bourbon-Parma lived a life far removed from the typical royal narrative. Born in Paris in 1923, she fled to America in 1939 to escape the escalating tensions between France and Germany.
While studying at Parson’s School of Design in New York—where she completed a three-year curriculum in only two years—she worked as a sales assistant at Macy’s in Herald Square. She also held positions at Bloomingdale’s and her mother's hat shop to fund her education.
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