seriously, Leia always reply to me in a special way, with a specific tone (not mauling, but growling).
Never to my wife or anybody else.

After many years you start to understand each growling what they want to say.

nemo

Leia is quite "special" (aka weird).
She had once some babies, but she never want to take care of them!
Terry (her mother) came and take care of them all the time and feed them.

Leia is a real princess, that live her own "high" life. But she loves me, not others.

Each cat have its own personality and if you know them well, you know how to talk with each.