6/20/2023 0 Comments The princess diaries 2 book![]() ![]() Obviousness isn't this film's chief fault, however. A scheming Genovian politician, the Viscount Mabrey (the great but underused John Rhys-Davies), uses the occasion to hijack the throne for his nephew, Nicholas (Chris Pine). When the queen decides to take an early retirement, Mia is thrust to the forefront of a Genovian controversy-ancient law dictates that a princess must be married before she may be installed as queen. There she must begin her training to assume the throne, under the tutelage of her grandmother (Ms. Hathaway) has completed her college degree back in the United States, and returns to the mythical (in so many ways, including a weird hodgepodge of "native" accents) kingdom of Genovia. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (rated G) picks up five years after the first film left off. ![]() ![]() The understandable appeal of the sequel to the 2001 hit, however, doesn't give it a pass on some serious faults. Star Anne Hathaway is a charmingly gawky proxy for her often equally ill-at-ease audience, mentored by the pinnacle of charm herself, the great Julie Andrews, through an appealing fantasy world of princesses and palaces. Unlike many other touchstones of "tween" culture (the Olson twins, for instance), it's easy to understand the appeal of the Princess Diaries franchise. ![]()
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