Nor have her own subjects, for that matter. Mia's royal introduction to Genovia has mixed results: while her fashion sense is widely applauded, her position on the installation of public parking meters is met with resistance. In Princess Diaries, Volume IV: Princess in Waiting, Mia is no closer to the self-actualization she longs for. Between facing her Genovian public for the first time, trying to schedule a first date with newly appointed Royal Consort Michael Moscovitz, and searching her soul for a talent-any talent-she is filled with overwhelmingly funny despair.

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