When I was a kid, I'd never heard of Wales, so I thought that Princess Diana was Princess of Whales. I always pictured her riding on an orca.
A childhood belief about nationalities

others believed things like this
- I used to think my grandma was Princess DianaAnon
- When I was little, I thought the Indian princess on the Land-O-Lakes butter label was God or Jesus.— Butterflyzz
- Being a princess was a real profession— victoria
- I used to believe that the game The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess was the longest game ever.Anon
- When I was young I refused to drink well water because I thought it came out of whales.— itodd
- i used to think, when i was about 4 that i lived inside a whale because i live ion the country Wales— mike