a princess sleeps on loads of mattresses, and only she knows there is a pea underneath them all, anyone know the name of the fairy story, thanks to anyone who answers me.
It's titled The Princess and the Pea !
by Hans Christian Andersen, first published in 1835 and also known as The Real Princess or How to tell a True Princess.
This was my favorite tale when I was little , I even put a dried pea under my mattress, but alas I slept like a log and so am obviously as common as muck!!