Princess

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Anita Anand explores memorable princesses from history and fiction.

Anita Anand and her guests explore princesses - delving into their favourite fictional, or historical, princess.

Anita Anand and her guests explore princesses - delving into their favourite fictional, or historical, princess. From She Ra to Mesopatamian high priestess Enheduanna we get into what it means to be a princess.

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Princess: Stella Creasy on Princess Elsa

Stella Creasy on Princess Elsa

BBC Radio 4 - Princess, Stella Creasy on Princess Elsa

MP Stella Creasy and Dr Juliette Wood explore the origins of Elsa, from Disney’s Frozen.

MP Stella Creasy tells us why Elsa is the first Disney princess she could tolerate, and we explore Elsa’s origins in folklore with Dr Juliette Wood.

Anita Anand in conversation with MP Stella Creasy and folklorist Dr Juliette Wood. It's back to Disney to get into the origins of Elsa from Frozen. We hear which elements Disney borrowed from Hans Christian Andersen's Snow Queen, and how Disney is changing how it does princesses.

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Producer: Ailsa Rochester
Editor: Jo Meeks
Sound: Rob Green

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