Million Dollar American Princesses

Season 1

Episode 1: Cash for Class

Elizabeth McGovern hosts this look at American heiresses who, from the 1870s to WWI, wed cash-strapped British aristocrats. First up: the first marriages between the "nouveau riche," who were snubbed by old-money families, and the British aristocracy. Some resulted from love, but others were little more than dollar-for-title deals.