Deleted Scenes

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The Princess Diaries

Motormouth
This scene occurs just before Mia and Queen Clarisse go have tea in the garden, where Clarisse tells Mia that she is the princess of Genovia.  Mia asks Clarisse if she were called by any nicknames while going to school.  Clarisse tells Mia that she talks way too fast.  Mia makes a reference to this scene in her speech at the end of the movie.

A Secret Place
This scene would have been the first time we saw Mia and Joe go to the roof of the school.  Mia sits behind the bleachers while Joe plays basketball.  Later on, Michael comes up to the roof to talk to Mia.

Like A Puppet
This actually is an extended version of the scene in which Mia tells Lilly that she cannot help her that afternoon, because she has a 'Grandma thing'.  Lilly's rants over Mia being captured by the 'big bad wolf' are dubbed over footage of Mia as a puppet.  Lilly's rants are also extended, where she says that Mia is like her grandmother's puppet, always running off for her grandmother at every whim.  This scene ends with Mia skidding into the consulate parlor, when Clarisse introduces Mia to Paolo the stylist.

Spot Removal
This scene takes place after Mia's big transformation.  She is heading home, and her History teacher, Mr. O'Connell is at her house with her mother.  He gets paint on his shirt, and has to take it off so that Helen can clean it.  Mia walks in just after Mr. O'Connell takes off his shirt, and the scene becomes really awkward.

Egg Slicer
This is a brief scene that takes place at the state dinner.  The very drunk Lord Fricker uses a harp to slice his egg into his salad.

Banana Beach
This takes place at the Baker Beach Bash.  Mia and Josh Bryant are sitting on the beach, and Josh tells Mia that he is so popular that he can get everyone to copy everything he does.  He demonstrates this by making up a ridiculous 'banana' dance, where people toss bananas into the air while dancing.

News Report
This was supposed to be Lana's 'come uppance', according to the director.  It begins with the TV reporter Suki Sanchez, who announces that Lana is not the friend she made herself out to be.  The Grove High School cheerleaders raise their batons in honor of Mia, who walks past them, bewildered by the fact that they're not making fun of her.  Lana drops her baton sarcastically and walks off in a huff.  Then Suki displays some amazing baton twirling skills.

Who Is That Pizza Man?
This scene involves Mia and Michael having pizza together.  The director plays the man who serves them their pizza.  This is where Mia and Michael realize that it is possible that they could be more than friends.

The Princess Diaries 2:  Royal Engagement

The Queen & Maurice
This scene takes place after the session of Parliament, where the deadline for Mia's marriage is set.  The Queen is sitting in the throne room with Maurice at her side, when Mia comes up, telling her about the secret room she found.  This scene comes up right before Mia wonders 'how does Parliament expect me to find love in thirty days?'

Pear Picking
As established in the first movie, one of Genovia's biggest imports is pears.  So therefore, one of the Genovian traditions is for a member of the royal family to pick the first pear from Genovia's oldest pear tree.  This time, Mia will pick the first pear from the pear tree, and Viscount Mabrey hatches a plan to humiliate Mia...right in front of Genovia's press.

Welcome to Parliament
This is the longest scene.  This is where Mia sits in on a session of Parliament without Queen Clarisse.  Baron and Baroness von Troken are asking Parliament for a loan to finance a luxury spa.  Mia disagrees with this, and suggests that Parliament use the building as an orphanage.  Seeing that Mia was unprepared to promote her idea of an orphanage, Viscount Mabrey seizes the opportunity to make Mia look unfit for the throne.  As Viscount Mabrey is tearing into Mia for not being prepared, Queen Clarisse and Charlotte sneak into the secret room to see how Mia is doing.  Clarisse sadly notes that Mia is no match for Viscount Mabrey.  A brief image from this scene was used in the trailer - the one where Mia sits down and her foot accidentally  hits a button that adjusts the height of the chair the monarch sits in.

Nicholas Cooks
Mia and Lord Nicholas are in the kitchen, discussing the kind of guys that try to flirt with Mia.   Nicholas tells her that he thinks she is amazing, and Mia thinks that he is simply flirting with her, so she quotes a line from Breakfast at Tiffany's and walks out of the kitchen.  This was another scene in which Nicholas displays his cooking abilities.

Puppet TV
It is night, and Mia is watching Elsie Kentworthy's show.  On the show, there are two puppets - one of them a Princess Mia puppet, the other a Queen Clarisse puppet.  This scene is probably inspired by the British television show Spitting Image, which uses rubber puppets to lampoon the British royals and other public figures.  The Princess Mia puppet trips over the throne and breaks it, and Mia is not too happy to see herself made fun of on national television.

Parade Prep
This scene occurs before the big Genovian Independence Day Parade.  Clarisse and an unhappy Mia are walking out of the palace and into the royal limousine.  The Queen notices a Mustang sitting in front of the palace and Mia explains that it's for Lilly, who is riding in the parade as well.  The two maids, Birgitte and Birgitta are too fussy with Mia, who just wants to get into the limousine without help.

King Rupert's Ramp
At Princess Mia's 'bachelorette slumber party' Charlotte explains the history behind the ramp everyone is sliding on.

The Queen's Nerves
The Queen is standing alone in the main foyer, thinking about the wedding preparations, when Charlotte appears at the top of the staircase with some questions.  The Queen's nerves get the best of her, and she snaps at poor Charlotte, but apologizes right afterwards.