Trending badgeTrendingPosted 54 minutes agoSubscribe to Screen Time NewsletterCaret DownI Genuinely Can't Watch "The Princess Diaries" The Same Way Again After Reading These 21 Facts"The Princess Diaries" was filmed on the same soundstage as "Mary Poppins." The film also marked Julie Andrews' first Disney movie since "Mary Poppins."by Nora DominickBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLinkHot Topic🔥 Full coverage and conversation on Disney 1. First, Disney reportedly paid author Meg Cabot only $4,000 for the rights to The Princess Diaries back in 1999, with the book being published in 2000.