The Princess Diaries 3 will be gracing our cinema screens

It’s been eleven years since we first wanted to mattress surf and 14 years since we all wanted to wake up as princesses of countries known for their pears. It’s enough to make you feel old but your youthful graces will return with the news of The Princess Diaries 3!

Walt Disney Pictures has officially announced a third instalment to The Princess Diaries franchise.

While a third movie can be a dire death to any movie franchise, it will probably be welcome royal news due to Meg Cabot's announcement of a new book instalment.

Another habit of third movie instalments is assigning new actors to old characters.

That said, Debra Chase, the producer of both The Princess Diaries movies in our DVD (or more likely, VHS) collections will be returning to produce the new film.

Hopefully most if not all of the original cast will follow her.

There's no word yet as to whether or not Academy Award winning actor Anne Hathaway will be residing her role as Queen of Genovia but aren't we all more concerned about someone else?

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