The Princess Diarieswas a pretty big deal when in premiered in 2001.
Suddenly, she goes from an unpopular high school student to a word-famous royal hounded by the paparazzi.
Then again, he did have a royal bank account.

How did Mia have no idea her dad was Genovia’s ruler?
Just how, exactly, did Mia’s family cover up her dad’s identity for 15 years?
Did they lie to her about her dad’s name?

Has she never seen a picture of him?
We have so many questions.
Couldn’t they have broken the princess news more gently?

Couldn’t the queen have broken the news just abitmore gently?
To have the news come from a near-stranger makes it even harder to swallow.
We can’t blame Mia for telling the queen to shut up!

Why couldn’t Mia’s mother have been the one to break the news?
How does Mia not know her full name?
Nope, instead her grandmother proudly tells her thatherfullnameis Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi.

so that get that license, she would be required to show some proof of identity.
You know, like a birth certificate that apparently has a name she doesn’t know is hers.
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Fat Louie needs to be taken to the vet for work out a weight loss plan with a doctor.
How is there so little traffic on the streets?

San Francisco is a major city, and traffic in major cities is never great.
The San Francisco Bay area hassome of the worst traffic in the U.S.
But she clearly knew that he was alive since hesent her a birthday present each year.

This seems to be the only contact they had, which is pretty bad parenting.
He could have found a way to be more involved in her life.
Not knowing a parent, however, doesn’t necessarily make losing them any easier.

That’s a lot for a teenager to process.
“These emotions can persist in varying degrees for many months afterward.”
There are some really gross beauty standards in play here
Ah, the makeover scene.

First of all, a hair straightener and some makeup do not actually turn someone into a princess.
Mia’s royal pedigree did that for her.
Second of all,ew.There was absolutely nothing wrong with the way Mia looked before Paolo tweezed her eyebrows.

This, he presumes, will force her to wear her contacts and therefore look more royal.
First of all, the idea that glasses aren’t attractive is absurd.
Making it worse is the fact that those glasses were probably prescription and cost quite a bit of money.

What if she’s going swimming?
What if she gets an eye infection?
Come on, Paolo!

How is Jeremiah never in uniform?
It’s well established that the dress code is a big deal at Grove High.
So how, exactly, is Jeremiah allowed to roam all over campus in what areclearly non-regulation sweaters?

Josh really needs a lesson in consent
Josh Bryant is the worst.
He might be the most popular guy in school, but what exactly does Mia see in him?
This is disturbing on multiple levels.

Mia is clearly overwhelmed by the cameras and would rather be anywhere else.
Michael acts like she cheated on him, and frankly, his sense of entitlement is pretty gross.
Does the Genovian royal family not use speech writers?
It’s an empowering moment for her, but also not very royal.
She is, after all, a political figure with zero experience.