The Prince and Me

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The Prince and Me
"The Prince and Me" (DVD cover)
Directed by	Martha Coolidge
Starring	Julia Stiles Luke Mably Ben Miller Miranda Richardson James Fox Alberta Watson
Release date(s)	2004
Running time	106 min.
Language	English
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The Prince and Me was a 2004 motion picture, directed by Martha Coolidge, and starring Julia Stiles as "Paige Morgan", and Luke Mably as "Prince Edvard", and Ben Miller, with Miranda Richardson as "Queen Rosalind", James Fox as "King Haraald", and Alberta Watson .

The film features a cameo by Eddie Irvine, a retired Formula 1 driver.

The film was followed by a straight-to-DVD sequel, The Prince & Me 2: The Royal Wedding (2006), starring Mably and Kam Heskin.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Trivia
4 Dissimilarities between the plot and reality
5 External links

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

When Prince Edvard of Denmark travels incognito to the United States to study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he meets a girl college student who is serving drinks in a bar. Things get off to a shaky start between them. However, romance soon blooms, and Paige invites "Eddy" to her family's farm for the holidays.

After returning to college, their romance deepens. A Danish photographer, who has been secretly following Prince Edvard around, takes photos of the prince and his "college girl friend" when they are about to make love in an empty library, and the photos are published in newspapers. As a result of this, "Eddy's" true identity is revealed.

The prince returns to Denmark — followed, shortly afterwards, by the arrival of Paige. When Prince Edvard proposes to Paige, she accepts him, and the King and Queen arrange for her to be trained for her future life as a princess. The prince's young sister is delighted — she had always wanted a sister.

Paige is given beautiful dresses to wear, but when she discovers how formal and restrictive life as a princess would be, she decides to break off their engagement and returns to college to resume her studies to become a doctor.

Following Paige's graduation, she discovers that Prince Edvard is also present at the college. Their love for each other is still as strong as before, and the prince again proposes to Paige.

[edit] Cast

Julia Stiles — Paige Morgan
Luke Mably — Eddie/Prince Edvard
Ben Miller — Soren
Miranda Richardson — Queen Rosalind
James Fox — King Haraald
Alberta Watson — Amy Morgan
John Bourgeois — Ben Morgan
Zachary Knighton — John Morgan
Stephen O'Reilly — Mike Morgan
Elisabeth Waterston — Beth Curtis
Eliza Bennett — Princess Arabella
Devin Ratray — Scotty
Clare Preuss — Stacey
Yaani King — Amanda
Eddie Irvine — Himself
Angelo Tsarouchas — Stu
Jacques Tourangeau — Professor Amiel

Joanne Baron — Marguerite
Stephen Singer — Professor Begler
Sarah Manninen — Krista
Tony Munch — Keith Kopetsky
John Nelles — Race Announcer (as John E. Nelles)
Claus Bue — Lutheran Archbishop
James McGowan — Photographer
Jean Pearson — Photographer
Dagmar Blahova — Lady in Waiting (as Dasha Blahova)
Henrik Jandorf — Prime Minister
Niels Anders Thorn — Thomas Anderson
Jesper Asholt — Cab Driver
Andrea Veresova — Eddie's Girlfriend
Winter Ave Zoli — Eddie's Girlfriend
Jennifer Roberts Smith — John's Wife
Zdenek Maryska — Corporation Negotiator

[edit] Trivia

Coincidentally, the film was released the same year in which a real life Danish prince, Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark married Mary Donaldson, an Australian commoner.

Mary did not know that Frederik was a prince when they first met.

[edit] Dissimilarities between the plot and reality

Though the plot is revolving around the Danish royal family, very little information provided in the film seems to be factual, and places such as Folketinget and Amalienborg look nothing like they do in reality.

Denmark does not currently have a King. Denmark is ruled by Queen Margrethe II, and her husband is the French-born Prince Consort of Denmark.

In the film, "Edvard" has a young pre-teen sister. In reality, Crown-Prince Frederik does not have a sister – he has a younger brother, Joachim, who is one year younger than he is.

The film depicts the Royal Family as having a substantial political influence. In reality, Denmark is a constitutional monarchy where the Queen and the Royal Family are above party politics. Instead, the role of the monarchy is mainly to represent Denmark abroad while serving as a unifying institution at home. However, The Queen is formally playing a part in politics by appointing the Prime minister and the Cabinet as well as giving bills royal assent.