Directed by Creator/MichaelLevine

Written by Creator/BrendaLilly

Because of her startling resemblance to King Lias' daughter Diana, Xena is asked to pose as the princess to help flush out a band of would-be assassins.

! Tropes
* ActingForTwo: Lucy Lawless plays Xena and her lookalike Diana.
* BreakTheCutie: Diana doesn't have the easiest time adapting to Xena's lifestyle and going without her usual perks, but seeing that people regularly go hungry in her kingdom deeply affects her.
* ContinuityNod: Lias says he found out about Xena and Diana's resemblance because his cousin is [[Recap/XenaS01E09DeathInChains Sisyphus]].
* IdenticalStranger: Diana and Xena
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Diana doesn't interact with the ordinary people very well, though she wants to do better.
* PrinceAndPauper: The premise of the episode.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Xena says it wasn't that fun being a princess since it just wasn't her... before adding that she could get used to all the perks.
* ShelteredAristocrat: Diana had only ever been out of the castle twice (as Gabrielle keeps hearing). Diana agreed to trade places with Xena to learn about the outside world and become a better ruler. She gets more than she bargained for.
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->'''Disclaimer:''' ''[[NoAnimalsWereHarmed Neither Xena nor her remarkably coincidental identical twin, Diana, were harmed during the production of this motion picture.]]''