Since then, readers have been clamoring for more chapters of Mia’s coronavirus diary. In these entries, titled The Coronavirus Princess Diaries, the princess recorded her most heartfelt emotions while dealing with her husband’s quarantine after exposure to the virus her personal (and political) battles while imposing health restrictions on her small European nation life during lockdown (even in as idyllic a location as a palace on the Riviera) and of course, dealing with her demanding royal family, especially her grandmother.

Cabot’s blog, to the delight of over a million fans. Michael Schaub, a journalist and regular contributor to NPR, lives near Austin, Texas.Mia Thermopolis knows just what to do in a crisis: Rule.ĭuring the Covid-19 pandemic, a section of the diary of Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia fell into the hands of Meg Cabot, the Princess’s royal biographer.Īs reported in media outlets such as Entertainment Weekly, The Mary Sue, Refinery 29, Bustle, and more, from March until June of 2020, sixteen entries of the princess’s diary were leaked onto Ms. The Quarantine Princess Diaries is scheduled for publication on March 28, 2023. She also announced that some of the proceeds from the novel will go to VOW for Girls, Netherlands Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau’s charity that aims to “end the international child marriage crisis and support girls to live lives they love.” In an Instagram post announcing the new book, Cabot revealed some of its plot points: “*A suspected royal affair* One very demanding royal grandmother* All while locked down in a palace with a dysfunctional royal family in Genovia during Covid*.” The most recent installment, Royal Wedding, was published in 2015 in a starred review, a critic for Kirkus wrote of the book, “This funny, heartwarming story is royally perfect from start to finish.” The Quarantine Princess Diaries will be the 12th book in Cabot’s series. The book was adapted into a 2001 blockbuster movie starring Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews a sequel to the film followed three years later. This one has a modern twist: It’s set during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic and is titled The Quarantine Princess Diaries.Ĭabot launched her popular series in 2000 with The Princess Diaries, a novel about a young American woman who learns that she’s the princess of a small European nation called Genovia. The author will publish the next installment in her popular Princess Diaries series of novels next year, Entertainment Weekly reports. Meg Cabot is taking readers back to Genovia.

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