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Russian girl learns she's an African princess

Published: 12 November, 2008, 07:39


Blue blood... Anya Bazanova

It's the stuff of fairytales and fantasies. Shakespeare dabbled with it too. An abandoned orphan girl discovers she's a princess after all. But for one girl from a remote Russian village, fact became stranger than fiction.

 
2 COMMENTS
Rose June 07, 2009, 00:43 quote
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It is very sad story and very nice to know that anya will be with her father and live with him and be the prinsess i hope everything will be fine for her and she will be happy girl as any child she deserves that, very good luck to you sweety.

Nimbe Guli July 29, 2009, 23:21 quote
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I doubt that Guinea Bissau is a much better place for her. It's one of the poorest countries. Not that I am for living in a crappy Russian villlage but honestly she looks to have a decent life there. An African prince? That doesn't mean he has money. and why does he want to see her now, when she's 18?

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