Royalty on The Oprah Show

Archduchess Michaela of Austria

Though she grew up in a castle with 36 bedrooms, Archduchess Michaela of Austria told Oprah Show viewers in 1989 that the life of a princess lacked the warmth of family. She had to make appointments any time she wanted to see her own father and grandmother. "We envied kids who could go to a normal school," Michaela—a direct descendant of Napoleon Bonaparte and Marie Antoinette—said.