‘Princess Diaries 3’ team has been ‘castle shopping’ in Europe
By Johnny Oleksinski
Looks like the royal diary has still got some pages left to fill.
Disney’s “The Princess Diaries 3” is full steam ahead, The Post has learned. The creative team recently jetted to the Czech Republic to scout locations.
“Castle shopping,” a source close to the production said.
Anne Hathaway in The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement.
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Anne Hathaway is returning to the “Princess Diaries” film series after a 20-year break.
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Anne Hathaway at the 2025 Met Gala.
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Hathaway’s breakout role was as Princess Mia in “The Princess Diaries.”
Plans for the sequel to 2004’s “The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement” were first revealed by the Hollywood Reporter in 2022.
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The romantic-comedy series began in 2001, when Anne Hathaway, now an Oscar winner, broke out as Mia Thermopolis, an unassuming San Francisco teen who learns she’s the heiress to the throne of (the fictional country) Genovia.
Her grandmother, the elegant queen dowager, was played by Julie Andrews.
In the second film, Mia went on the hunt for a husband.
Hathaway, 42, announced on Instagram last year that she’d return for the third entry in the franchise, which will be directed by Adele Lim, the co-writer of “Crazy Rich Asians.”
But news has been quiet since.
The Post has reached out to Disney for comment.
Scene from The Princess Diaries showing Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, and Larry Miller.
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It’s unclear if Julie Andrews will return as the queen.
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It’s unclear if Andrews, 89, will don the crown jewels again. Back in 2023, she told Forbes she’s “pretty much retired” from acting.
In the 21 years since “Royal Engagement,” the “Sound of Music” legend has mostly performed voiceover parts, including in the “Shrek” and “Despicable Me” film series and the Netflix TV show “Bridgerton” as Lady Whistledown.
Chris Pine, who played Mia’s love interest Nicholas in the second flick, has said he has no clue if he’ll be involved or not.
“The first time I heard about it was on the internet when someone sent me a screenshot,” he admitted last year on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”
Aerial view of Longford Castle in Wiltshire, England.
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The palace used in “Royal Engagement” was Longford Castle in England.
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Shooting “3” in the Czech Republic would kick Genovia about 900 miles east: The stand-in palace used for “Royal Engagement” was Longford Castle in Wiltshire, England.
The family movie’s release date is still unknown, but miracles will happen again soon.
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