A socially awkward San Francisco teenager discovers she is the heir to the throne of a small European principality, and her stern grandmother arrives to mold her into a princess. Plot Summary (Spoiler-free, but thorough) Mia Thermopolis (Anne Hathaway) is a clumsy, invisible high school freshman living with her bohemian artist mother (Caroline Goodall) in a converted firehouse. She wants nothing more than to blend in, but her frizzy hair, bushy eyebrows, and crippling public speaking anxiety make that impossible.
Initially, Mia rejects the idea. But after some persuasion (and the promise of a new car), she agrees to start “princess lessons” with Clarisse. The training includes etiquette, walking, royal wave, and posture. A makeover (unfri zzing her hair, shaping her eyebrows) transforms her appearance, but her confidence lags. the princess diaries 1
Her life flips upside down when her estranged paternal grandmother, Clarisse Renaldi (Julie Andrews), arrives in a stretch limo. Clarisse reveals that Mia’s late father was the Crown Prince of Genovia, a small European nation. With his death, Mia is now the sole heir—the Princess of Genovia. A socially awkward San Francisco teenager discovers she