<P> Princess Aura also initially resents Dale Arden and rejects Prince Barin's affections, but would become the former's friend and the latter's love interest as the series progressed . Consequently, her attraction to Flash is downplayed and does not resurface after her desertion of her father . </P> <P> In 1980, Princess Aura was portrayed by Ornella Muti in the film Flash Gordon produced by Dino De Laurentiis and is shown to have numerous lovers . She saves Flash from death with the help of one of her lovers, a royal doctor who revives Flash after Ming tries executing him in a gas chamber . </P> <P> In the 1996 Flash Gordon animated series, Princess Aura is a sympathetic character, who often defies her father because of her attraction to Flash, or for the sake of her mother . In this version, Aura has green skin, but is otherwise perfectly human, even though her father Ming is reptilian . </P> <P> Anna Van Hooft portrayed Princess Aura in the 2007 Flash Gordon television series . She is once again portrayed as a sympathetic character . Unlike the comic, she has a brother and her mother is alive . She vainly seeks her father's approval but Ming, like most other characters on the show, regards her with a mixture of pity and contempt . She also has a crush on Flash and a rivalry with Dale who looks down on her as a "royal little brat". </P>

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