The Princess Diaries (2001)

Plotzle Original · O74 · May 20, 2026 · Comedy / Family

Six plot descriptions for The Princess Diaries (2001). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. A socially awkward fifteen-year-old San Francisco girl raised by her single mother learns she's heir to a small European country's throne after her long-absent father dies, and must choose between her current life and royalty.
2. An unemployed actor in Vancouver takes a job teaching poise to wealthy teenagers and discovers his most difficult student is the daughter he abandoned when she was a toddler.
3. A Minneapolis woman accidentally enrolls in her estranged daughter's middle school etiquette class and they compete for the affection of the charming British instructor while reconciling their relationship.
4. A guidance counselor helps students write college essays but realizes her own daughter plagiarized someone else's story about discovering royal heritage and they navigate the admission scandal together.
5. A twelve-year-old writes a diary from her cat's perspective imagining the pet as exiled royalty and her suburban Boston entries accidentally get published as a bestselling children's book.
6. Twin sisters running a failing Orlando theme park convince tourists that one of them is actual royalty to boost ticket sales but the deception spirals when international media arrives.