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Princess Diaries

Mia Thermopolis is the average teenager - sweet, a little geeky and pretty much invisible to everyone with the exception of her mother, best friend Lilly and Lilly's older brother Michael. Making it through high school without throwing up is a challenge in itself for Mia, so it doesn't come as welcome news when her estranged grandmother shows up out of the blue and calmly informs her that she is in fact the heir to the throne of a European country called Genovia. Suddenly Mia's life is thrown into complete overload. She's being taught about scarves, waves and pears in order to become a perfect princess, she gets a makeover and a tough looking yet sweet bodyguard/limo driver called Joe. Things get out of hand when the media gets a hold of the story and suddenly Mia is thrust into the spotlight in both the newspapers and in school. On top of all that Mia has a choice to make. She must decide by Genovia's Independence Day Ball whether she longs to relinquish her claim on the throne or to become the princess and heir to the throne her father and grandmother want her to be.

Main Characters

Julie Andrews as Queen Clarisse Renaldi
Anne Hathaway as Mia Thermopolis
Hector Elizondo as Joe
Heather Matarazzo as Lilly Moscovitz
Mandy moore as Lana Thomas
Caroline Goodall as Helen Thermopolis
Robert Schwartzman as Michael Moscovitz
Eric von Detten as Josh Bryant
Patrick John Flueger as Jeremiah Hart
Sean O'Bryan as Teacher Patrick O'Connell
Sandra Oh as Vice Principal Gupta
Kathleen Marshall as Charlotte Kutaway
Elizabeth Gudenrath as Cheerleader Anna
Bianca Lopez as Cheerleader Fontana
Tamara Levinson as Cheerleader Lupe
Erik Bragg as Bobby Bad
Joel McCrary as Prime Minister Motaz
Clare Sera as Maria Motaz
Juliet Elizondo as Marissa Motaz
Greg Lewis as Baron Siegfried von Troken
Bonnie Aarons as Baroness Joy von Troken

Princess Diaries: Royal Engagement

Princess Mia has just turned 21 and is supposed to succeed her grandmother as the Queen of Genovia. But Viscount Mabrey who wishes that his nephew who is also in line to the throne to be the new ruler, reminds everyone of a law that states that an unmarried woman can't be made queen, and with the backing of parliament, he opposes Mia's coronation. But Queen Clarice asks that Mia be allowed time to find a husband, and she is given 30 days. But Mabrey tries to do what he can to stop that. But his nephew, Nicholas has met Mia and they are both attracted to each other but Mia upon learning who he is, dislikes and doesn't trust him but Clarice has invited him to stay with them for the 30 day period to keep an eye on him.

Main Characters

Julie Andrews as Queen Clarisse Renaldi
Anne Hathaway as Mia Thermopolis
Hector Elizondo as Joe
Heather Matarazzo as Lilly Moscovitz
John Rhys-Davies as Viscount Mabrey
Chris Pine as Nicholas Devereaux
Callum Blue as Andrew Jacoby
Kathleen Marshall as Charlotte Kutaway
Tom Poston as Lord Palimore
Joel McCrary as Prime Minister Motaz
Raven-Symone as Asana
Larry Miller as Paolo
Caroline Goodall as Helen Thermopolis
Sean O'Bryan as Patrick O'Connell

I'm guilty because I haven't read the books... :( but i loved the movies!

I've read the first two or three books. I loved the movies myself.

are the books good? I need to buy the movies...I keep telling my husband to be on the lookout. Sometimes Costco will have a three pack deal ....but I usually put it back down and purchase other black and white movies thinking they'll be harder to find!

It's always so hard for me to read a book after I watch a movie... I typically don't like to.

I know the feeling. That is why I have the rule of thumb not to watch a movie that has been made from a book before reading the book. Sometimes it's difficult and I cannot help it because of the husband.

lol yeah I'm like i need to speed read this...now so that I can watch it when it comes out...but sometimes I live under a rock from time to time and I don't see trailers or get in touch with any media and I don't have time to read it....and sometimes I end up watching the movie first.... :( I'm so bad.

I mean I have not read The Maze Runner or Miss Peregrine. I just haven't had time. Plus Miss Peregrine was when I was on vacation a lot during the summer for the group read of it. But I mean I've read everything else. I think.