THE PRINCE AND ME

'''The Prince and Me''' is a 2004 motion picture, directed by Martha Coolidge, and starring Julia Stiles, Luke Mably, and Ben Miller, with Miranda Richardson, James Fox, 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, '' (2006), starring Mably and Kam Heskin.

Contents

Plot

Cast

Trivia

Dissimilarities between the plot and reality

External links

Plot

When Crown Prince Edvard of Denmark (Mably) travels to the United States to study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he meets a female college student, Paige (Stiles) who is serving drinks in a bar. Things get off to a shaky start between the two. However, romance soon blooms, and Paige invites "Eddie" to her family's farm in Manitowoc, Wisconsin 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, "Eddie'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 her graduation, Paige discovers that Edvard, who is now the king of Denmark, is also present at the college, and he again proposes to her, saying he would wait for her to complete her medical studies.

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 ★ Stephen Singer — Professor Begler

★ Joanne Baron — Marguerite ★ 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 ★ Vladimir Kulhavy — Union Negotiator ★ Garth Hewitt — Desperate Dan ★ Patricia Netzer — Royal Palace Maid (Brigget)

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.
Another coincidence is that Mary did not know that Frederik was a prince when they first met, which was in a bar during the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
The University of Toronto was where the actual filming was done rather than the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The movie has a scene where the prince talks about Denmark's famous people and mentions Metallica's drummer Lars Ulrich's name.

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 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.

★ Danish royals do not speak English with each other in private, nor is the language spoken in Parliament.

★ Prince Frederik also married a middle-class woman, Mary Donaldson from Australia.

External links

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★ The Prince and Me - official website