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It is the guilty secret of the British aristocracy, how much American blood runs through it's veins. Between the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, over 200 American heiresses marry English lords. This is the story of those American beauties and how their vitality and dollars break down the doors of the British establishment. Some find love, but for others, their marriages are hell on earth. They are the Million Dollar American Princesses.
-Elizabeth McGovern, Million Dollar American Princesses
In the 1870's, the rulers of New York Scociety are known as the Knickerbockers, or old money, but with America's gilded age, there are plent of Nouveau Riche, or newly rich. However, they are looked down upon by the Knickerbockers.
So, for their daughters to be accepted into society, the Nouveau Riche move to England, and marry English lords, in exchange for money, as the British aristocracy is lacking in it.
Many of these Anglo-American marriages were love matches. But, as more and more of these American rich girls bought their way into the British elite, the deal, dollars for a title, was exposed in all its cruelty.
-Elizabeth McGovern, Million Dollar American Princesses
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