While not everyone is lucky enough to be born with royal blood, celebs can at least play dress up in tiaras and gowns while portraying fictional royals.When The Princess Diaries was released in July 2001, fans went crazy for the made-up kingdom of Genovia.
First introduced in Meg Cabot‘s novel of the same name, the small country — nestled right between Spain and France — was famous for its pears … and its spunky rulers.In the film, Mia Thermopolis (played by an adorable young Anne Hathaway) has her life turned upside down when her grandmother Queen Clarisse Renaldi (Julie Andrews) appears in San Francisco to reveal that the high schooler is the heir to the Genovian crown.
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