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Princess Perdita Windsor was born on a blustery fall afternoon.   She was the third child of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.  She is a cousin to the Queen.  Perdita grew up in the royal life.  She was educated in England along with her royal cousins.  She is closest to Amelia Windsor who is two years older than Perdita.  When they were young both girls developed an interest in fashion and made plans to live in Paris one day. Now, Amelia and Perdita both live in Paris and work part time as models.  Perdita signed with the prestigious Charleston Elite Modeling Agency.  Perdita and Amelia are still close but pursue their different dreams.  Perdita worked as in intern in the House of Dior for a time.  She plans to one day design her own line.   She still returns to London for royal duties when her presence is required.   She maintains an apartment in Kensington Palace when she is in London.  While in Paris she has an apartment at the Paris 16th.  Perdita loves her luxurious lifestyle but she isn't one for the Paris nightlife preferring to spend her nights at home. Perdita is fiercely independent and yet she has always hoped that one day her Prince will come and sweep her off of her feet like most girls with hopes, dreams, and wishes.  

Eleanor was born as Lady Eleanor on a cold rainy day in February in Middlesex, England.   She grew up on a rather large estate to a prominent noble family.  Attending a garden party or other event at Buckingham Palace was normal to her.   She was the youngest of three daughters and a son. While on a trip to Paris to visit the design houses she met Edward Livingston. The dashing young man stole her heart.  They were married six months later. Eleanor and Edward had five children.  Then the death of their oldest child , Richard and his wife occurred leaving Eleanor and Edward to raise his children.  There was no way that Eleanor would let the baby's mother's family get their hands on a Livingston grandchild. Eleanor herself had two more daughters after taking in their grandchildren.   By the time the youngest was born, Eleanor had enough.  She sent her youngest daughter off to boarding school.  And after handing the reigns of the business to their youngest son, Rex, Edward and Eleanor departed upon a world tour.   They spent two years on the world tour when Edward suffered a heart attack and died.  Eleanor returned to Paris.  She began painting again, a hobby she had always dabbled in, but now she painted almost constantly.   Eleanor bought an art gallery, mainly to showcase her own work.   She remodeled and revitalized the chateau and gardens, taking an interest in the culinary arts and gardening.  She had a vegetable garden planted as well.   Now Eleanor spends her days painting and shopping.   She has plans to create the Livingston Foundation as well.  After all, she must create a lasting legacy for the Livingston name.

Whitney Collins is the definition of a society princess. Born in Manhattan on June 29, 1990, Whitney enjoyed a silver spoon in her mouth from day one. With a successful lawyer for a father and a grandmother at the head of one of the most successful companies in the world, Whitney grew up with everything she could ever want. But on her fifteenth birthday, tragedy struck. Whitney's mother was a homemaker. When her parents separated, her mother took Whitney and left the city. During one of their daily drives to the beach, their car was hit by an out of control truck. Whitney's mother was killed on impact, and the little girl was only saved by being in the back seat, which suffered little damage. From that day forward, Whitney turned her pain into success. She excelled in school and her social life. Her money made her powerful, but she never allowed it to consume her.  She was friends with everyone, from her fellow society royalty to the barista at Starbucks who served her favorite latte. Throughout her school career, Whitney was a cheerleader, class president, and enjoyed her spot as number one in her class academically. Graduating with honors, she went on to attend New York University, graduating one year early with a degree in business. After college, she took a trip to Vegas, and found herself in an accidental marriage. She had hooked up with a guy one night in a bar, and felt very drawn to him.  They dated for a couple of weeks, and somehow found themselves at the courthouse, signing a quickie marriage certificate. Whitney would never admit it, but she wanted to rebel against her family's expectations.  Eventually, she realized her mistake, and wanted out of the marriage.  Her family paid the man, of course, and everything seemed okay. Whitney moved back to New York and excelled as the vice president of Coach, her grandmother's company. Everything was perfect... Until her grandmother died, and at the same time, her husband magically returned with a demand for money. Whitney was now forced to juggle her new position and her deepest secret.  A devastated Whitney threw herself into work, working over ninety hour weeks. But the burnout quickly killed her, and she found herself in stranger after stranger's bed. Eventually, she found herself staring at a little blue line in her master bathroom. She was pregnant, and she was forced to realize that she didn't know who the father was. How could she? She had slept with a couple of dozen men in a mere month. Whitney decided to keep her baby, knowing that, regardless of how it was conceived, she had always wanted to be a mother.  Her work load lessened, and though she still stressed over her accidental husband's return, she knew, for now, everything was going to be alright. It had to be. Whitney has since settled into regularly flying between Paris and Manhattan, along with her senior intern, Vanessa, who she thinks of as a little sister.  Looking at Whitney, one sees a playful, seductive, and even slutty young woman.   But the real woman is far more complex and far more worthy of getting to know.  She must be careful, lest her story become more fiction than fact for those would seek to immortalize her.

Vanessa Montgomery was born in Nantes, France. She always had dreams of one day being a fashion designer. Fashion was her world. She came from a pretty poor family. There was never enough money for extravagant stuff. She made with what she could, but never lost sight of her life goals and dreams. After the death of her mother, she poured her heart into getting into the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan, NY. Luckily she was accepted. For 4 years she gained a lot of knowledge. After graduating and receiving her degree she searched for job/paid intern opportunities. Unfortunately she didn't have much luck for months until she found an internship opportunity at Coach. Whitney, the president, offered her an internship. She was thankful. Now she resides between New York and Paris being an intern as well as working on her fashion in the side.

Katherine is curious about everything and is not shy about asking questions. When Katherine was two her parents remarried and R M Renfield entered her life.  Renfield is her father's body guard and Katherine has him wrapped around her finger.   She orders the big burly man around.   Katherine is a diva who demands constant attention and to get everything she wants.   She trusts the people in her life not to disappoint or hurt her.  Well, except the new chef, Mrs Rose, who doesn't give in to Katherine's demands.  But Katherine is determined to change this.  

Zara is the daughter of Rex Livingston and Anais Thayer.    She is her father’s Princess.  She is a quiet unassuming child, trusting those she loves with childlike wonder.  Zara looks at the world around her with wonder.  She is fascinated the simple things in life, butterflies, birds, clouds.   She loves animals and loves to color.   It has never occurred to her to question why her parents don’t live together.  To Zara it is just the way it has always been.  She knows she has sisters and a brother but she rarely sees them unless they come to her home.  Zara began dancing at a young age, being taught by her Aunt and sister Caprice.   Zara also began riding horses at a young age and is already taking low jumps on her pony.    One day she hopes to be as good as her mother and sister Isabelle.   She loves the sensation of flying as her pony leaves the ground. She doesn't see her father as much as she would like as her mother is a bit overprotective of her only child.  Zara was hired by Charleston Elite models when she was three.  She likes the modeling and being dressed up.  Her favorite shoots are the ones with various animals like wolves and bears.   Zara likes the lemurs that her sister Isabelle has and to ride Isabelle's carousel.  

 Arizona, despite her name, was born in Nice on a bright sunny summer day.  Her parents, who had three sons, were delighted to welcome the baby girl.  Arizona's grandfather had fought in World War II and promptly declared the baby girl be named after the greatest battleship of the Allied Forces, the USS Arizona.   Which was a better choice than to be named for the greatest battleship of the war, the Bismark.   The fact that both ships had been sunk eluded her grandfather. Arizona was spoiled and treated like the princess she was because she was the only girl in the family.  Three older brothers made her tough.  Ari, as she was called, could fight with the best of them.  And she often won.  As she grew into a beauty her parents curtailed her fighting with the boys and tried to turn their tomboy daughter into a lady.  She was sent to charm school and dance lessons.  And to everyone's surprise, including Ari's, she excelled at it and enjoyed it.   Leaving her tomboy ways behind her for good, Ari became a model with Charleston Elite Models and moved to Paris.  She did miss the French Riviera and tried to get back as often as she could.  It still bothered her that she was named after a sunken battleship.   Ari, while on a modeling photo shoot at the Grand Canyon got to visit the state of Arizona.   Ari enjoys a quiet life in Paris and frequents the museums and book shops.  At the present time she has no plans to change her life and enjoys visiting exotic locations.  Life is good for the reformed tomboy.  

Lily was born in Lisbon on a beautiful, unseasonably warm Autumn day.   When she was six her father became the Portuguese Ambassador to France and the family moved to Paris.  Lily liked Paris well enough but it wasn't her beloved Portugal.  Living on Embassy Row was interesting and she made new friends among the children of other Ambassadors.   Lily and her friends shared their hopes, dreams and wishes with each other.  And in magical fashion those dreams came to pass for each girl.  Amazement was still real to Lily over those dreams fulfillment.  Lily chose to pursue a career in modeling with the intention of eventually returning to Portugal.  She often returns to her childhood home.  Although Paris has now become her home her heart remains in Portugal.  Lily also treasures the friendships that were established from her childhood and flourished into adult hood.  She is torn between her love for her home country and her love for her friends.