The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement is the 2004 sequel to 2001's The Princess Diaries.
Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, Hector Elizondo, and Heather Matarazzo return to portray their characters from the first Princess Diaries film, Princess Mia Thermopolis, Queen Clarisse Renaldi, Joe (Mia's bodyguard) and Lilly Moscovitz, respectively. Garry Marshall returned to direct and Debra Martin Chase to produce the sequel.
New characters include Viscount Mabrey (John Rhys-Davies), Lord Nicholas Devereaux (Chris Pine, in his film debut) and Andrew Jacoby (Callum Blue).
Though not as successful as the original, Princess Diaries 2 still made $134,734,481 worldwide. The film earned mostly negative reviews from critics and sits with a 27% rotten rating at rottentomatoes.
Anne Hathaway's mother and director Garry Marshall have brief appearances in the film. Hathaway's mother was the leader of the chorus singing at Mia's wedding while Marshall was the middle drummer (the one on the left) in the coronation scene.
The jewelry worn by Mia and Queen Clarisse was all real. A guard was on set at all times.
Taglines: You are cordially invited to the royal event of the season. R.S.V.P. This Summer. and She needs the rock to rule.
At the end of the first movie, The Princess Diaries, Princess Mia is being flown over to the castle in Genovia. In the sequel, it portrays an entirely different castle.
When Queen Clarisse reacts to the fact that Princess Mia is not the first for the crown, the line she says is exactly the same as the one Mia says when Mia finds out she's a princess.
Julie Andrews' granddaughter, Hannah Schneider is in this movie, her character being called 'Dancing Princess Hannah.'[dubious – discuss]
Joseph says to Viscount Mabrey that he has "diplomatic immunities in 46 countries, including Puerto Rico." The joke is that actor Hector Elizondo (Joseph) is a Puerto Rican-American.Wikipedia
