SilverWook said:
Yes, but the people of Naboo elect their Queens. There doesn't even seem to be any Kings, let alone a royal bloodline. And they have term limits, so Padme gave up the title.
If Leia hadn't been adopted by Bail Organa, she wouldn't even be a princess!
The whole idea of a queen being "elected" in the first place is ridiculous. Queens / Kings are heirs to a throne through a royal bloodline - no one elects a king or queen.
Furthermore, even if that were the case, I doubt the people of Naboo would elect a pubescent teenage girl as the undisputed ruler of their entire planet. Then again, they did put freaking Jar Jar in the senate, so who knows. Either way it's lame and the people of Naboo are once again proven to be imbeciles.
Technically, Leia is not a true princess since she was adopted. But, the Organas are an old line of Alderaanian royalty in the original tale. Therefore, their adopted daughter is given the title of princess, even though the title is basically meaningless in current Alderaan society since the planet became a democracy many years prior. But the title also helps Leia hide as one of the Organas, since in the original tale, I doubt Anakin's wife was supposed to be royalty - that junk was just made up by Lucas in 1998 when he started writing Ep1. This change also makes the Organas look stupid if so. "Oh hey, check out our new adopted daughter here - Princess Leia - she's a princess because her mom was like a queen of Naboo and all. But, nobody is supposed to know that, it's a secret, so don't tell Darth Vader, okay?" Lame.
Besides, even if Amidala was a real queen ... blah blah blah ... how come we never hear anyone saying "Prince Luke Skywalker?"