Artur Renaldo

Meg Cabot From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess

## Appearances

The Princess Diaries
The Princess Diaries, Vol. IV: Princess in Waiting

The Princess Diaries, Vol. V: Princess in Pink

The Princess Diaries, Vol. VI and a Half: The Princess Present

The Princess Diaries, Vol. VII: Party Princess

The Princess Diaries, Vol. IX: Princess Mia

Royal Wedding: A Princess Diaries Novel

From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess

From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess: Royal Wedding Disaster

From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess: Royal Crush

From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess: Royal Crown

Perfect Princess: A Princess Diaries Book

**Prince Artur Gerard Christoff Phillipe Grimaldi Renaldo** (d. December 27, 1978) was the 71st Prince of Genovia and father of Phillipe Renaldo.

## Biography

Artur became the crown prince of Genovia prior to World War II, which he fought in. Artur was injured during the war after being shot by Nazis and took years to recover from the wound. He awarded a small child that shot a Nazi with a rabbit gun the Genovian Medal of Valor.

Artur made a historic pledge after Mussolini’s forces invaded in 1939 to exercise the rights of the sovereignty in accordance with the political and economic interests of neighboring France in exchange for military and naval protection in the event of war.

Artur married Clarisse Renaldo in a two day public holiday complete with a military parade and both a religious and civil ceremony. Artur gave Clarisse a diamond-encrusted heart-shaped platinum pendant.

They had a child, Phillipe Renaldo, in 1964, and Artur gave Clarisse a 10 carat sapphire ring after his birth, as he was a 10lb baby.

Artur was an avid bowler and regularly scored in the high 200s. He shot a boar on a royal hunt and had it stuffed According to Clarisse, he once invited the king of Spain and 10 of his golfing partners to a last-minute dinner, which Clarisse was forced to accommodate.

Artur had disposable oxygen masks installed everywhere in Miragnac in case Clarisse ever started a fire in her sleep from her smoking.

Artur died of a heart attack in bed. His writings are kept with the Royal Archives.

## Continuity

The 25th anniversary of Artur's death is celebrated on Dec. 27, 2003, putting his death in 1978, however, Clarisse is in her 60's in 2003 and says that she and Artur were married for 40 years, which would mean they were married in 1938, around the same time she was born. In 2015 he is said to have been dead for over 20 years, implying his death sometime in the late 80's or early 90's, aligning with Artur having died when Phillip was in his 20's. This timeline would make more sense as Phillipe would mostly like not have been the reigning prince when he had his relationship with Helen Thermopolis.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Princess Diaries
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess: Royal Crush
3. ↑ From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess: Royal Crown
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Royal Wedding: A Princess Diaries Novel
5. ↑ The Princess Diaries, Vol. VI and a Half: The Princess Present
6. ↑ From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess: Royal Wedding Disaster
7. ↑ The Princess Diaries, Vol. VII: Party Princess
8. ↑ The Princess Diaries, Vol. IX: Princess Mia
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 The Princess Diaries, Vol. IV: Princess in Waiting
10. ↑ The Princess Diaries, Vol. V: Princess in Pink