0:00:01 > 0:00:05# Every day when you're walkin' down the street
0:00:05 > 0:00:07# Everybody that you meet
0:00:07 > 0:00:10# Has an original point of view
0:00:10 > 0:00:12- # And I say, hey!- Hey!
0:00:12 > 0:00:17# What a wonderful kind of day If we can learn to work and play
0:00:17 > 0:00:21# And get along with each other
0:00:21 > 0:00:23# You gotta listen to your heart Listen to the beat
0:00:23 > 0:00:26# Listen to the rhythm The rhythm of the street
0:00:26 > 0:00:29# Open up your eyes! Open up your ears!
0:00:29 > 0:00:32# Get together and make things better By working together
0:00:32 > 0:00:37# It's a simple message And it comes from the heart
0:00:37 > 0:00:41# Oh, believe in yourself For that's the place to start
0:00:41 > 0:00:46- # And I say, hey!- Hey! - What a wonderful kind of day
0:00:46 > 0:00:51# If we can learn to work and play And get along with each other
0:00:51 > 0:00:56# What a wonderful kind of day, hey! What a wonderful kind of day, HEY! #
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Hey, DW.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03- Hey!- Whoa...
0:01:06 > 0:01:07I can't believe it.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11After all these years, it turns out I really am a princess.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Ugh! You're doing it all wrong.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Sorry, your highness.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Anyway, you don't know for sure that you're a princess yet.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22No, but I will in just a few hours.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28To me, the new princess of Fountain Abbey.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30PIANO MUSIC PLAYS
0:01:32 > 0:01:34CROCKERY CLINKS
0:01:34 > 0:01:37ALL: Cheers!
0:01:39 > 0:01:43Ah, I so love to waltz.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Ow!
0:01:45 > 0:01:49You're stepping on my foot, you clod.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Where's my maid?
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Hello! Hello!
0:01:54 > 0:01:58There you are. My toe hurts.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Fetch me a bandage and a cup of tea.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06Next, I want a bath and a fire, and heated towels
0:02:06 > 0:02:10and a foot massage, and my hair brushed 500 times...
0:02:10 > 0:02:13I think I'm going to make a wonderful princess.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Don't you, Francine?
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Francine?
0:02:27 > 0:02:31Come to Muffy's coronation. What are you being made queen of?
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Is it bad hats? I could see you being queen of that.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36This isn't a hat.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39It's a tiara - that's what princesses wear.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Muffy thinks she's going to find out she's a princess today.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45I've always been curious about my family history,
0:02:45 > 0:02:48so Daddy hired a company to do some research.
0:02:48 > 0:02:49Look what they found.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53It's my great-great-grandmother, who lived at Fountain Abbey,
0:02:53 > 0:02:56a magnificent castle in England.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Isn't my great-great-grandmamma beautiful?
0:02:59 > 0:03:03She's obviously a princess, so I must be one too!
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Hmm... Where have I seen this before?
0:03:06 > 0:03:09The company is delivering their final report today.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14Tea and finger-sandwiches will be served and you're all invited,
0:03:14 > 0:03:16even the little scamp.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Ta-ta! Ta-ta!
0:03:18 > 0:03:22Mwah, mwah, mwah, mwwwah!
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Barnes family history.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33So that's where I saw it before.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39I want some peanut butter next time. Enough with the cucumber.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Here it is.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44I just want you all to know that I'll still be your friend,
0:03:44 > 0:03:46even after I'm a princess.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Oh, brother. Just open it already.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57It's Mary-Alice's diary.
0:03:57 > 0:04:02"The private diary of Mary-Alice Miller, Fountain Abbey,
0:04:02 > 0:04:05"housemaid." What?
0:04:05 > 0:04:08There must be some mistake!
0:04:08 > 0:04:12"November 11th - dusted Lord Bantam's study. Broke a vase.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15"November 30th - dusted the sewing room. Broke a window.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19"December 24th - dusted stables. Broke..."
0:04:19 > 0:04:21No, it can't be!
0:04:21 > 0:04:24MUFFY CRIES
0:04:25 > 0:04:27MUFFY SOBS
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Muffy, are you OK?
0:04:29 > 0:04:33I thought I was a princess...
0:04:33 > 0:04:38but all I am is the great-great-granddaughter of a maid.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40- MUFFY SOBS - Ahem.- Uh...
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Well, Binky's here. He says he has something to show you.
0:04:43 > 0:04:48I came right over. You are not going to believe this.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52I don't get it. How come YOU have a picture of Fountain Abbey?
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Because that's my ancestor -
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Lord Bantam, the owner of Fountain Abbey.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00- What?- Wait,
0:05:00 > 0:05:04so your great-great-grandmother was his maid?
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Isn't that cool?
0:05:06 > 0:05:11No, it's not cool. It's a disaster.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13What's the big deal?
0:05:13 > 0:05:16OK, so you're not an aristocrat - neither are we.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19- Well, actually I'm related to a lord, so...- Shh.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Why don't we at least read the diary?
0:05:22 > 0:05:25It's probably really interesting. I'll start.
0:05:25 > 0:05:31"May 17th, 1912. The day began like any other,
0:05:31 > 0:05:35"with Mr Clarkson as demanding as ever."
0:05:35 > 0:05:39That's right, Mary-Alice, use long, broad strokes.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42The countess cannot abide wrinkles in the newspaper.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44BELL RINGS
0:05:44 > 0:05:48Mary-Alice, didn't you hear the bell? His Lordship requires you.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Is it some holiday I'm not aware of?
0:05:50 > 0:05:54- BELL RINGS - Oh, sorry, Mr Clarkson.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- Hmm.- That one thinks she's better than the rest of us.
0:05:57 > 0:06:02Now, now, Miss O'Brien, I will not have gossiping among the staff.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04HE SNIFFS
0:06:04 > 0:06:06HE GASPS
0:06:08 > 0:06:10HE SIGHS
0:06:10 > 0:06:12You rang, my Lordship?
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Hmm? Oh, sorry. It was an accident.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18I was simply looking forlornly out the window.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21- HE SIGHS - Carry on.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25GLASS SMASHES
0:06:25 > 0:06:27SHE HUMS A TUNE
0:06:27 > 0:06:29STATUE CRACKS
0:06:29 > 0:06:34Do you have any idea how hard it is being a lord, Mary-Alice?
0:06:34 > 0:06:37You mean eating gourmet dinners, attending fancy balls
0:06:37 > 0:06:39and taking trips to exotic lands?
0:06:39 > 0:06:42No, my lord, I can't imagine.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44STATUE CRUMBLES
0:06:44 > 0:06:48I know it sounds rather grand, but it's frightfully dull.
0:06:48 > 0:06:53Well, I do understand about boredom, sir. I hate being a maid.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55But you're so good at it.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Sir...
0:06:58 > 0:07:00I've only been in this room for a minute
0:07:00 > 0:07:04and already I have destroyed three priceless objects.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07You ARE terrible. It's almost impressive.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11- BALL BOUNCES - Make that four.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14I say, would you like to see me juggle?
0:07:14 > 0:07:19Ever since I was a little boy, I've always wanted to join the circus.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23I've been practising. Watch.
0:07:23 > 0:07:28- Not bad, eh?- Forgive me, my Lord, but that isn't juggling.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31That's just tossing a pin up in the air and catching it.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34You need more than one object for it to be juggling.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Really? I never knew.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40It did seem rather easy. I'm so glad we had this chat.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Well, I think I'll continue looking
0:07:42 > 0:07:45forlornly out the window until lunch.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49- HE SIGHS - Good day, Mary-Alice.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51CRASH
0:07:54 > 0:07:57THEY GASP That's quite enough.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01If I had wanted to wear the soup, I would have summoned my dressmaker.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Sorry, ma'am.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Have you given any thought to our financial situation?
0:08:06 > 0:08:10Need I remind you, Binkford, we are quite broke.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14- If I may be so bold, ma'am... - You may not.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Mother, I'd like to hear what Mary-Alice has to say.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21I don't see why. She can't even serve soup.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24SHE SIGHS Very well.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26You may proceed.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Why don't you sell off the land behind the church?
0:08:29 > 0:08:32It's not being farmed and it's a seller's market.
0:08:32 > 0:08:37Bah, preposterous! Do you have any ideas, Binkford?
0:08:37 > 0:08:40I was thinking we could sell off the land behind the church.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43It's a seller's market, you know.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Hmm!
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Another month has passed and Fountain Abbey
0:08:48 > 0:08:50continues to lose money.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53If only they'd let me run things.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55I have so many ideas.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- HORSESHOE CLANGS - Oh, I am sorry.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00I was practising my new act.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Look, now I can juggle three items.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06- Do you think that's good enough for the circus?- Hmm...
0:09:06 > 0:09:10Perhaps we can make your act a tad more dramatic.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13- HORSE WHINNIES - Ho-ho. Behold,
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Binkford Bantam, the juggling lord.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- HORSE NEIGHS - Look at her, gallivanting about
0:09:22 > 0:09:25with the lord. I'll teach her to mind her station.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30This spot would be perfect.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Making pretty pictures, are we? Relax, dearie.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36I just came to give you a birthday present.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38- SHE GASPS - They're beautiful,
0:09:38 > 0:09:41but it isn't my birthday.
0:09:41 > 0:09:42Isn't it? Oh, well.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45It will be someday.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48SHE CACKLES
0:09:48 > 0:09:52I'll skip the soup, thank you. I just had a bath.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54SHE GASPS Those earrings.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Aren't they charmante?
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Very. They also happen to be mine!
0:10:01 > 0:10:05Destroying hundreds of priceless antiquities is one thing -
0:10:05 > 0:10:07stealing my earrings is quite another.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09But I'm innocent!
0:10:09 > 0:10:12O'Brien gave them to me as a birthday present.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15I did no such thing. It isn't even your birthday.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18- What?- Binkford, you must fire her.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24Very well, but before I go, I'd like you to have these.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27They're plans for a circus you could build on the land.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31With just a small admission fee, I'm convinced you could make millions.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Hmm...
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Perhaps there is a place for you at Fountain Abbey after all,
0:10:36 > 0:10:39as its business manager.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42What?! After all the trouble I went through to frame her,
0:10:42 > 0:10:44you're giving her a promotion?!
0:10:44 > 0:10:47I mean, congratulations, Mary-Alice.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Couldn't happen to a nicer maid.
0:10:51 > 0:10:57"And so today, August 1st, 1912, I ended my life as a maid
0:10:57 > 0:11:01"and began my new life as the estate's manager."
0:11:01 > 0:11:03What an amazing story.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05So what happened to Mary-Alice
0:11:05 > 0:11:07after she took over running Fountain Abbey?
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Hmm... I don't know.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11It doesn't say.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Hmm... Nothing here about Mary-Alice.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17It's much better to be related to a maid who fought her way
0:11:17 > 0:11:21up from nothing - it's the Muffy way.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24I found something in this old newspaper.
0:11:24 > 0:11:29"August 21st, 1923. Say goodbye, England, to Mary-Alice Miller,
0:11:29 > 0:11:32"who sails for America today."
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Goodbye, England. Goodbye!
0:11:37 > 0:11:41How clever of you to sell Fountain Abbey to that newspaper mogul.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45- We made oodles of money. - I know, I'm amazing.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48O'Brien, where's my tea?
0:11:48 > 0:11:50I can't wait for my next adventure.
0:11:50 > 0:11:56I think I'll travel around America by car - I so adore those machines.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Goodbye, Fountain Abbey, until we meet again.