She usually qualifies as a Royal Who Actually Does Something. This will sometimes invoke Marry for Love not only as another way for her to rebel, but to also get out of an Arranged Marriage. If she's not the hero, quite often she's the hero's love interest. The Rebellious Princess is usually a teenager, typically brash (since it goes hand in hand with being rebellious). The only options are to throw off your frilly dress and to run off with the first hero who passes through (in old-fashioned stories), or set off for adventures on her own on the sly (in the modern ones). To the Rebellious Princess, being part of the royal family is overrated: You have no control over the path of your life, your responsibilities are numerous and burdensome (or not burdensome enough), you're generally under everyone's thumb, or you're destined to live unhappily in a political marriage.
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