A film was directed by Garry Marshall and starred Julie Andrews as Clarisse Renaldi and Anne Hathaway as Mia Thermopolis. A picture was besides a film debut for singer Mandy Moore as the stereotyped cheerleader Lana Thomas, who makes ruin Mia's life her portable mandate. Heather Matarazzo also stars as Mia's better firend Lilly Moscovitz, whose brother Michael, played by Robert Schwartzman, has a crush on Mia. Mithe herself has a crush in Josh, portrayed by Erik von Detten, which culminates in the disaster date.

Hector Elizondo also appears in the film as Joseph "Joe" a head of Genovian security and Larry Miller as Paolo, whose character gives Mia a makeover. Mia's mother, an artist named Helen Thermopolis, is played by Caroline Goodall. Gary Marshall's girl, Kathleen Marshall, plays Clarisse's secretary Charlotte Kutaway. Charlotte's surname is mentioned only in the credits & Gary Marshall says it's the information to how else Charlotte is typically utilized around cutaway shots. Sandra Oh plays the humourous, eventually far-out, role of vice principal Gupta.

Though a book was placed within New York, the film was placed around San Francisco. A understanding for the vary was because Gary Marshall's grandchildren sleep in San Francisco. Alcatraz Island and the Golden Gate Bridge have numerous cameos in the film, when does so-Mayor Willie Brown. West coast radio personalities Mark & Brian also appear as themselves (although they are actually based in Los Angeles).

The sequel to the film, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, was released around 2004. Sequels to the original books include Princess in the Spotlight, Princess in Love, Project Princess, Princess in Waiting, Princess Present, Princess in Training, and Princess Lessons: A Princess Diaries Book.

In a UK editions of a books, the titles differ from either the Usa release. Instead of on to the storyline, it is wordplay on the book total. It is: A Princess Diaries, A Princess Diaries: Choose Both, A Princess Diaries: Third Period Lucky, A Princess Diaries: Mia Goes For, A Princess Diaries: Give Us 5 & A Princess Diaries: Sixsational.

a books come besides astir a adolescent girl known as Mia Thermopolis, although it is super different from either the picture. Meg Cabot plans to watch Mia's life until she is Xviii (graduates from either senior high school).