Million Dollar American Princesses

Follow snubbed new-money American families as they take England by storm and find love, and sometimes misery, as British royalty.

Enter the world that inspired the popular show “Downton Abbey," where America's richest heiresses trade cash to become British royalty.

Witness the series’ epic ending and the scandalous events that nearly toppled a kingdom.

Meet three actresses who became real-life princesses. Follow Grace Kelly, Gloria Swanson, and Rita Hayworth on their rise from Hollywood royalty to members of European nobility, which brought unparalleled glamour to the aristocracy.

Meet the “Queens of Culture”: three empowered American princesses who blazed trails through the international arts world. See how Winnaretta Singer, Sara Murphy, and Peggy Guggenheim inspired some of the most innovative artists of the 20th century.

Witness the tragic tales of Barbara Hutton, Clara Ward, and Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy, women of beauty, wealth and power who married into European nobility, but ended up shunned by society, family, and the happy endings they hoped to achieve.