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> It was a painful realization to make.

> The Princess weren't saints, but to many they were seen like gods.

> There was much pain at the first advocates for change.

> They were ostracized, sometimes silenced, but the seeds were planted.

> The spread of mass media was a key factor.

> Tabloid critique and rumors became a national passtime.

> Mockery lowered the princess' of their high horses, if you will.

> It was a little at first, but it was there.

> And planted the seeds for later.

> How snobbishness of their elite that they had propped up around them.

> How ineffective they were. 

> How selfish.

> How petty. 

> You get the picture.