Meet Abigail Kawananakoa, Hawaii's intensely private 'last princess' who's locked in a battle for control over her $215 million fortune

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The fate of her fortune remains unknown.

It sounds like a fairy tale gone off the tracks.

Abigail Kinoiki Kekaulike Kawananakoa is Hawaii's last living princess. She descends from an Irish businessman named James Campbell, who came to Hawaii in the 1800s and made a ton of money off his sugar plantation.

Now, Kawananakoa and her partner are involved in an ongoing legal battle over the fate of Kawananakoa's $215 million fortune, which she's used partly to support the preservation of native Hawaiian culture.

Take a look at some of the most interesting facts about Kawananakoa's life.