Lilly Moscovitz

Chesley McLaren, Perfect Princess: A Princess Diaries Book

Virago (Royal Code Name)

Lawyer

Franco (December 2004)

J.P. Reynolds-Abernathy (March 2005 - September 2005)

Kenny Showalter (September 2005 - 2008)

Lars van der Hooten (2015 - present)

## Appearances

The Princess Diaries
The Princess Diaries, Vol. II: Princess in the Spotlight

The Princess Diaries, Vol. III: Princess in Love

The Princess Diaries, Vol. IV: Princess in Waiting

The Princess Diaries, Vol. IV and a Half: Project Princess

The Princess Diaries, Vol. V: Princess in Pink

The Princess Diaries, Vol. VI: Princess in Training

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

The Princess Diaries, Vol. VII: Party Princess

The Princess Diaries, Vol. VII and a Half: Sweet Sixteen Princess

The Princess Diaries, Vol. VII and 3/4ths: Valentine Princess

The Princess Diaries, Vol. VIII: Princess on the Brink

The Princess Diaries, Vol. IX: Princess Mia

MiaThermopolis.com

Royal Wedding: A Princess Diaries Novel

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

Princess Lessons: A Princess Diaries Book

Perfect Princess: A Princess Diaries Book

Holiday Princess: A Princess Diaries Book

**Lilly Moscovitz** is the best friend to Mia Thermopolis and brother to Michael Moscovitz

## Biography

### Early Life

Lilly is the younger brother to Michael. Both of their parents are psychoanalysts and the family lives in Greenwich Village. Lilly is said to have been best friends with Mia since kindergarten.

 Lilly once put a tiny football helmet on Pavlov, put him in a suitcase, and swung him around her head as an experiment on gravity. When Mia saw her she stopped it. Pavlov was fine, but he needed a minute to regain his bearings and now trembles anytime he hears Lilly's voice.

At some point Lilly started her television program Lilly Tells It Like It Is and acquired the affections of her stalker, Norman.

### Freshman Year

In the fall of 2003 Lilly began attending Albert Einstein High School along with Mia and their friends Shameeka Taylor and Ling Su Wong. She is the house manager of the school production of *My Fair Lady* (though her job is mostly just switching the lights at intermission). She is in the Gifted & Talented with Mia and Boris Pelkowski. Lilly runs for student council but is soundly beaten by Nancy Di Blasi.

#### Princess Diaries

Lilly begins to develop a crush on Boris, which Mia does not understand. After going to Ho's Deli with Ling Su to buy ginkgo biloba she realizes that Ho's is charging Asian students 5¢ less than the rest of the population and urges for a boycott, declaring it "Ho-Gate" and documenting it on LTILIS.

After Mia's makeover Lilly tells Mia off for being too much of a pushover, so Mia tells her to Shut Up for the first time in their friendship, ultimately resulting in Mia leaving and their friendship seemingly over. Lilly refuses to let the limo pick her up, forcing Mia to befriend Tina when Mia is replaced at their lunch table by Boris, who Lilly begins dating. Shameeka tells Mia that Lilly and Boris are going to the Cultural Diversity Dance together.

When Mia is outed to the press Lilly wants to use the opportunity to bring more attention to her boycott of Ho's, however this is unsuccessful. After Josh asks Mia to the dance Lilly tells her that she's just a rebound, even though Lilly and Mia still aren't on speaking terms.

After Josh's publicity stunt, Lilly is the one to tell him that Mia is a vegetarian, and Lilly and Tina both go to retrieve Mia from the restroom after everything happens. Lilly apologizes and acknowledges that she was wrong, and they make up, with Mia spending the night at Lilly's house after the dance.

#### Princess in the Spotlight

After Mia finds out that her mother is pregnant Lilly can automatically tell that something is wrong with Mia, though she can not get Mia to admit it. Lilly brings Mia her homework while she is home sick, and when Mia becomes concerned that she might be betrothed to a foreign dignitary Lilly asks Phillipe and clears the matter up. Mia spends the night at Lilly's and Lilly dares her to drop an eggplant out the window, which she does, though Michael has to come in and tell Lilly that she cannot air the footage on her show as Mia would get in trouble.

When Lilly hears about Mia's interview with her personal hero, Beverly Bellerieve, she is upset, as Mia had promised her first interview to LTILIS (which Mia forgot). After Mia's interview airs Lilly is even more furious as Mia referred to their friend group as freaks and revealed that Mrs. Hill doesn't pay attention to them in Gifted & Talented. Lilly gives Mia the cold shoulder, but Boris reveals that Lilly has already started work on her book on post-cold war adolescence, much to Lilly's chagrin.

When Mia brings Hank to school with her Lilly seems enamored with him (along with the rest of the female population at AEHS) and halfway through the day disappears with him until the late evening. The next day they disappear again, and Lilly refuses to say where they were or what they did either day. On Halloween, Hank comes back to AEHS having had a complete makeover and receiving a modelling contract, all thanks to Lilly. He kisses her passionately in thanks, which causes Boris to punch him (though Boris only injures his own hand). Lilly later goes to Rocky Horror with Boris and the Computer Club dressed as a Freudian Slip.

#### Princess in Love

Lilly and Boris go ice skating with Mia, Kenny, Tina, Dave, Michael, and Judith Gershner, where Mia bites her tongue open and has to go to the hospital. In the limo on the way to school, Mia tells Lilly that Kenny said "I love you" on the phone and Lilly refuses to believe that Kenny would do that. She thinks that Mia isn't ready to have a boyfriend, since Kenny told Boris that Mia wouldn't let him kiss her, and Boris told Lilly. After Kenny declares his love for Mia in the hallway Lilly apologizes to Mia for not believing her before and says that Kenny is just in touch with his emotions and accuses Mia of having a fear of commitment. After Mia writes a list for Lilly, Guys Mia Thermopolis Could See Herself Committing to for All Eternity, Lilly breaks down the list by pointing out that 80% of the men on it are fictional, and of those half are cartoons, while one is a vampire and another is an X-Man.

Meanwhile, upset that Mrs. Spears has rejected her term paper topic, Lilly plans a walkout for the school in protest. Lilly is very upset that the school scheduled a fire drill during her walkout (not knowing that it was unscheduled). Lilly starts a new group, Students Against the Corporatization of Albert Einstein High School, and makes Mia the secretary. However at the first meeting only Lilly, Mia and Boris show up, which upsets her.

After the supplement in the Sunday Times comes out with Mia modelling Sebastiano's clothing Lilly comes over to comfort Mia and tells her that most people throw the supplement away without looking at it anyway. Mia gets a headache from everything and Lilly tries to cure it with shiatsu, but all she manages to accomplish is potentially bursting a blood vessel in Mia's hand. When Mia decides to call a press conference Lilly helps her script what she will say, and afterward Lilly calls Mia to congratulate her.

At the Nondenominational Winter Carnival, Lilly runs the Students for Amnesty International, as SACAEHS was not formed in time to apply for a booth. Later, at the Nondenominational Winter Dance, Lilly, Boris, Tina, and Dave tell Mia that they are glad she came. After Mia sees Judith Gershner she wonders where Michael is and finds Lilly using the payphones. Lilly points out, once again, that Judith has a boyfriend from Trinity High School and steers Mia to a seat and tells her to wait there so that Lilly will know where to find her when she needs to. Just as Mia is getting up to leave the dance, Michael rushes in (Lilly, having used the payphones to call him) and tells Mia that he knew it was her leaving the notes the whole time, because Tina told Lilly who told him. He apologizes for making her cry, tells her he would never make fun of her, and then kisses her. Lilly later admits that she has known for a long time that they liked each other but was waiting to see how long it took for them to figure it out themselves, as an experiment.

#### Princess in Waiting

On vacation with her family to her grandparents house in Boca Raton, Florida, Lilly discovers that she is allergic to shellfish and has to carry an epipen with her for the rest of her life. On the phone with Mia, Lilly asks if she's seen the movie about her life yet. Lilly is upset that she was portrayed as less than supportive in the film, even though this is an accurate representation, and plans to write a letter to the producers demanding an apology. When Mia and Tina decide to use Jane Eyre as a guide for their relationships Lilly says she will not play along as she and Boris have a mature relationship that does not involve games.

Lilly reveals to Mia that she does not think Mia is talent-less, but she will not tell Mia what her talent is because she should be able to figure it out for herself. Lilly is concerned when Grandmère pulls Mia out of class, but when Mia reveals why Lilly agrees with her that Grandmère is the worst. After Dave breaks up with Tina, Lilly and Mia comfort her and convince her not to give up her romance novels just because of a boy.

The producers of the TV movie schedule a breakfast meeting with Lilly and tell her that they would like to option Lilly Tells It Like It Is. At Michael and Mia's first date Lilly is story boarding for her episode of LTILIS that will be shown around, but tells Mia that she is not really there, as Mia is supposed to be on a date.

#### Valentine Princess

Mia asks Lilly what she and Boris are doing for Valentine's day. Lilly says she does not celebrate Valentine's day. They argue about the origins of Valentine's day until Michael interrupts with the real origin. Lilly is filming and episode of LTILIS on self-mutilation in pursuit of beauty and asks Mia if she can borrow her Ken dolls. Lilly tells Mia that Michael is not the Valentine's type. Tina tells Mia that Lilly and Ling Su are coming over for a Valentine's sleepover and Mia is welcome to join.

When Boris presents Lilly with his Valentine's Day present - a Kay Jewelers genuine simulated ruby encrusted heart pendant on the end of his bow while he plays Music of the Night - Lilly ungraciously says "What is THAT?" which makes everyone uncomfortable. She doubles down when Mia and Tina try to smooth over the situation. Lilly and Boris appear to make up and lock themselves in the G&T closet together.

#### Project Princess

Lilly goes on the spring break trip with Housing for the Hopeful to Hominy Knob, West Virginia. Lilly plans on filming the trip for an episode of LTILIS, and tells Mia that she should write something about it for The Atom. After Boris throws up Lilly and Michael switch seats, as Michael volunteers to monitor Boris. Lilly, Mia, and Tina laugh about the bus drivers sign that says "My name is Charlie. I am safe, courteous, and reliable. Please stay behind the yellow line." After they hose off the bus, Boris passes out on Lilly's shoulder from the dramamine Principal Gupta gave him (though not before Lilly and Boris were caught making out - twice!).

Lilly is in Mia's group at the worksite, and helps to shingle the roof. She goes with everyone into town to get ice cream and shower. At the final campfire Lilly, Tina, and Mia perform Survivor by Destiny's Child together.

#### Princess in Pink

Lilly has been writing Letters to the Editor of The Atom, and mentions in them that Mia should be writing more than the cafeteria beat, which embarrasses Mia. Lilly e-mails Mia to wish her a happy birthday. After Michael tells her what really happened at Les Hautes Manger, Lilly decides to protest and forms the group Students Against the Wrongful Dismissal of Jangbu Panasa (SATWDOJPA). At the protest Lilly finally meets Jangbu who is only 18 and very attractive. Lilly shows up to Mia's birthday party with Jagbu and has her arm around his waist. After Mia and Michael are done with Seven Minutes in Heaven Lilly calls next, but drags Jangbu into the closet with her, effectively ending her relationship with Boris. Mr. Giannini catches them in the closet and ends the party abruptly, with Lilly tugging on the bottom of her shirt as she exits the closet.

On the way to school Lilly staunchly ignores Mia's questions about Boris, only talking about Jangbu and the strike. At lunch Boris asks if he and Lilly can go somewhere to talk, but Lilly tells him there's nothing to talk about and it's over between them. G&T is very tense, with Boris staring at Lilly and Lilly refusing to acknowledge it. Boris finally snaps and tells Lilly he can't take it anymore. She gently apologizes but says she loves Jangbu now and there is no chance for them to get back together. Boris picks up a heavy globe being stored in the the G&T room and holds it above his head, telling Lilly that he will drop it on himself unless she takes him back. Lilly looks disgusted and tells him to go ahead. Boris seemingly reconsiders, but the globe slips and falls on his head anyway. Lilly immediately brings both hands to her cheeks and goes pale. She then starts sobbing big baby tears.

Lilly IMs Mia that night to talk about the strike and how Jangbu romantically bought her a silk rose on Canal Street, which Boris never did. Mia tells Lilly she is not being very sympathetic to Boris and Lilly shoots back that Boris' behavior was manipulative and Mia should stop watching so many Lifetime movies if she thinks it was romantic. Mia says she'd rather watch movies than craft drama out of nothing, and that she is writing a story for The Atom. Lilly points out that Mia wouldn't even have that story if it wasn't for her and that she is worrying about real problems while Mia is worrying about prom and where she is going to spend her summer. Lilly ends up reading Mia's article from the Atom on TV, admitting to Rommel's presence at the restaurant, which the restaurant had staunchly denied.

Lilly finds out about Tina and Boris and comes to the loft to cry to Mia about it. She and Jangbu have broken up as he sold his life story to the media for 6 figures. Lilly says she is going to "get" Tina for stealing Boris from her and Mia tells her that they are happy and she is not to disrupt it, if she still has her feelings in the fall she can mention it then. As Lilly leaves the loft she apologizes to Helen and Mr. G for the Seven Minutes in Heaven thing.

The Drs. Moscovitz find out about everything - Lilly skipping school, Jangbu, and her treatment of Boris - and keep her home for a day to discuss it with her and psychoanalyze her. Lilly finds out that Boris is taking Tina to the prom and calls Mia crying. After Mia and Michael leave prom for the hospital, Tina calls Lilly and tells her that Helen is in labor and she meets them there.

### Sophomore Year

#### Princess in Training

Lilly IMs Mia after the AEHS announcements come in and believes that some of them are directed specifically at her. She has taken to calling Mia POG (Princess of Genovia) and a Baby-Licker (due to her obsession with Rocky). Lilly doesn't put much effort into her look ever since her breakup with Boris, however when she sees him on the first day of school she does go and put on lip gloss. At the assembly Lilly nominates Mia for Student Council, kicking Ling Su to get her to second the nomination.

The next day Lilly comes to school with handmade posters for Mia's campaign but tears them up when she sees Lana's glossy professional posters. Lilly begins working with Grandmère and tells her that there is going to be a debate and gets Grandmère to pay for full glossy posters of Mia with photos from her formal introduction to Genovia as well. Mia tells Lilly that she doesn't want to lose but she also doesn't want to be president and Lilly tells her not to worry because none of those things will happen, which stresses Mia out more as that seems impossible. When Lilly finds out that Helen and Frank will be gone she wants to throw a party at the loft, which Mia shuts down. Lana comes to their table and tells them that she conducted a poll and only 16 people in the cafeteria plan on voting for Mia, but Lilly points out that just means that there are 16 people that are brave enough to tell Lana to her face that they aren't planning on voting for her.

Lilly is at princess lessons when Mia arrives and has set up a press conference with Grandmère. When Lana hands out pom pom stress balls Lilly calls Grandmère to fix it. She also tells Mia not to stress out about Michael because he wouldn't pressure her into anything (at least not if he wants her to keep taking care of Pavlov). After Mia's breakdown Lilly waits outside the nurse's office, even though she gets multiple detentions from it, and they retreat to the third floor stairwell to talk. Lilly tells Mia that her plan is for Mia to make her vice president and then step down a few days after the election so that Lilly can be president. Mia asks why Lilly doesn't just run herself and Lilly breaks down and cries that she is not popular enough to win an election and that Mia is her only real friend. Mia tries to comfort her and tells her that people do like her but sometimes she is kind of mean. Lilly suggests they have a slumber party at the Plaza and a mock debate, and Mia agrees, since it seems to cheer her up. After the slumber party Lilly drags Mia to an AEHS soccer game to campaign.

On the day of the debate Mia is concerned but Lilly tells her not to worry as she has a secret weapon. When Mia runs from the stage after she speaks Lilly drags her out to greet her family and is thrilled because she knows they have the election in the bag. When it is announced that they won Lilly leaps into Mia's arms and goes down the hall with the rest of their group singing We Are the Champions. Lilly reveals that her "secret weapon" was her knowledge that Ramon was not an exchange student but a ringer, which Grandmère chose to reveal after the election anyway. Just as Mia is about to tell Lilly that she doesn't plan to step down, Lilly sees Michael and asks him what he is doing at the school before he and Mia go off together to talk.

#### Princess Present

Phillipe flies Lilly and Michael to Genovia for Christmas after Mia complains about missing Rocky's first Christmas. After Lilly arrives, Franco tries to take her bag, which Lilly pulls back from him before Mia explains that Franco's job is to take her stuff to her room for her and Lilly relents. Lilly is appalled by the riches of the palace and complains about the gross consumerism of the Christmas Tree lighting.

At dinner Lilly comes down in a Joan Jett t-shirt and some low-rise jeans that her mother had banned her from wearing in public. Mia spots her before she gets to dinner and sends her back to her room to change, though Lilly insists on Franco taking her as she thinks she will get lost. When Lilly finally returns to dinner she sits between Prince René and Pierre, Comte de Brissac. She insults René by implying that inbreeding is what lead to him being ousted from his ancestral home, which causes him to get up and move seats. Lilly then moves on to insulting Philomena, though her loose grasp of English is not enough for her to understand that Lilly is insulting her. Pierre is enamored with Lilly. After dinner Lilly announces that she is going to bed and Mia later sees Franco leaving Lilly's room looking flushed.

The next day Grandmère sends all the younger royals (and Michael and Lilly) off on the yacht so she doesn't have to be around them. Mia offers Lilly dramamine, which she takes, though all the royals refuse. Mia sees Lilly and Simon, Lord Mulberry talking with their heads very close together and is informed by Pierre that Simon has been bothering Lilly and Franco has been "taking liberties" with her. Mia goes over to talk to her but Lilly brushes her off and says that Franco is just doing his job and Simon is just being helpful.

At Grandmère's Christmas Eve ball that evening, Pierre runs in yelling for someone to stop them and all the guests rush to the bowling alley where Lilly and Simon are engaged in a game of strip bowling. Pierre tells Lilly he would have treated her like a queen but he won't be her bitch. Franco takes off his gloves and slaps Simon across the face with them, which causes them to get into a brawl, knocking over the Faberge Advent Calendar. Franco is fired, which Lilly disagrees with as she says he was just overcome with his passion for her, but Franco tells her not to fight his battles for him.

Christmas morning Lilly is enraged with Mia's gift to her and has to be dragged down to the beach so that everyone cannot hear her screaming. She accuses Mia of being jealous of her because she has had 3 boyfriends in the last 2 days while Mia has only had one boyfriend in her entire life and that the only reason Mia doesn't approve is because two are royal while one is a servant. Mia explains her reasoning and Lilly tells Mia that she is totally fake and snobby when she is in Genovia and is always telling people - especially Lilly - what to do. Mia reminds her that as a princess that is her job and that she wishes she didn't have to tell Lilly what to do, but Lilly refuses to behave appropriately. In the midst of their fight they realize that a cruise ship in the bay has been sinking and rescue the tourists, bringing them to the palace for lunch. Mia tells Lilly that these actions are what it means to be a princess, and they agree to give their gifts to each other (which neither liked) to the tourists as they leave the palace.

#### Party Princess

Lilly is vice president of the student council, as Mia decided not to step down. Ling Su reveals to the group that the student council is bankrupt, and Lilly seems to disapprove. She submitted 5 short-stories to *Sixteen* magazine, each with more explicit content than the last, and gets 5 different non-personalized rejection letters. She decides the to start and AEHS literary magazine, both as a way to publish her stories and a way to earn back the money the student council needs for the graduation hall and Ms. Martinez agrees to be the advisor. Lilly decides to call her magazine Fat Louie's Pink Butthole, which upsets Mia.

Lilly thinks Grandmère's plan to put on a show is projecting her issues about her bid for the faux-island of Genovia, but asks for an invite to Aide de Ferme. Lilly auditions for *Braid!* and everyone is convinced that she will get the part of Rosagunde, as she was clearly the best at auditions. She and Tina comment that J.P. is actually quite cute after meeting him at auditions. The cast list is revealed, with Mia being cast as Rosagunde, and Lilly goes to the bathroom to cry, but puts on a brave face to her friends saying that this way she will have more time to work on her literary magazine. She tries to convince J.P. to submit one of his poems for the literary magazine. Lilly practices hard for *Braid!* running lines with Lars and invites the whole cast to Michael's party.

When Lilly sees Mia's new look at the party she asks if she is supposed to be dressed as a mime. Lilly shows J.P. her camera, but is shocked and asks Mia what she is doing when she sees her drinking a beer. Mia blows Lilly and Michael off for asking and goes to dance, with J.P. joining her as she was alone and she shimmies up to him. Lilly asks Mia if her dance was supposed to be a sexy dance (after it is abruptly interrupted) and goes to film Doo Pak eating Cool Ranch Doritos for the first time. At rehearsals the next day Lilly teases Mia for her dance and even though Mia begs she refuses to take No More Corn! out of the literary magazine. Lilly asks Mia for help assembling the magazine, but Mia refuses so she gets Boris to help. Tina suggests that J.P. may have a crush on Mia, but Lilly asks why they would assume that and not that he has a crush on her, which leads them both to believe that Lilly has a crush on J.P., though she denies it.

After Mia kisses J.P. on the cheek Lilly accuses Mia of liking him, but she says she just likes him as a friend and accuses Lilly of liking him as more than a friend. Lilly says she just likes him as a friend, but when Mia asks why she won't pull No More Corn! if she is his friend when she knows it will hurt him says that she won't be the one hurting him, Mia will. She later IMs Mia and tells her she was presumptuous for kissing J.P. and they get into a fight. Lilly is not there to be picked up for school the next day. She sells her copies of Fat Louie's Pink Butthole, but is stopped by Principal Gupta - both for the title and cover art and for including her own X-rated stories, which Ms. Martinez did not read first. She is escorted to the office and her parents are called.

After the performance of *Braid!* it is revealed that Lilly conspired with J.P. and Michael to get Mia out of her kiss, which she is grateful for. Lilly talks to lots of celebrities at the event, including David Mamet. Mia tells her to grab J.P. and take him to meet David Mamet right away, which she does.

#### Sweet Sixteen Princess

Lilly and J.P. have begun dating and Lilly listens to a lot of musical soundtracks. The star of a rival cable-access show, Andy Milonakis, recently got picked up by MTV, even though his show has sub-par content compared to Lilly's and he pretends to be a teen (though he is in his mid-twenties). Lilly runs into him on the street and throws her salad at him, but he is convinced not to press charges by the Drs. Moscovitz who explain that Lilly is going through a hard time, and they ground her. Mrs. Dr. Moscovitz puts herself and Lilly on a no-carb diet, though this just makes Lilly even more of a carbaholic when she is at school.

Lilly calls Mia during her PTA meeting to try to convince her to have a Sweet Sixteen party, telling her all about Lana's, but Mia refuses. Lilly and Tina group IM Mia after the meeting to try again to convince her but fail, as Mia is afraid Lilly will do something after what she did at Mia's last birthday party. Lilly promises that it won't happen because she is with J.P. now, even though she was with Boris when she ruined last years party. Lilly says that J.P. keeps her on her toes more as he never tells her how he is feeling or even calls her his girlfriend, even though they make out. Mia and Tina say that J.P. probably just needs the right girl to unlock his heart and he will spill out with passion, but Lilly is still concerned. Mia assures them both that she does not want a birthday party and Lilly tells her that she should make sure her grandmother knows that before signing off.

After Mia finds out about Grandmère's My Super Sweet Sixteen plan she tells her friends, in an attempt to get a laugh, but most of them, including Lilly, are disappointed. When Mia starts to convince them that it's for the best that they don't go Lilly dramatically says that Mia is just punishing all of them for what she did last year. J.P. asks what happened and Lilly says it was something that will never happen again and leaves the table for the bathroom, with Ling Su going after her. In G&T Lilly is upset and tells Mia that this might be her only chance to get on MTV. Mia tells Lilly she's sorry that everything in her life is hard right now but Lilly needs to stop scheming with Grandmère. Lilly is offended and tells Mia that she isn't scheming with Grandmère but Mia does not believe her. Lilly tells Mia that she has already apologized for what happened at her last birthday and at Christmas and doesn't know what else she can do to get Mia to trust her again. Mia tells Lilly that she has to drink the fat and tell J.P. how she feels about him, which causes Lilly to go sheet-white. Lilly is concerned that if she tells J.P. that she loves it will scare him away and ruin their relationship. But Mia says if she loves him and she wants to get Mia's trust back she needs to tell him, and Lilly leaves to go photocopy something.

Lilly doesn't e-mail Mia for her birthday, but she does show up to her surprise birthday. She tells Mia that she was never in cahoots with Grandmère and that she told J.P. she loves him and Mia asks what he said. Lilly says "thank you" and Mia tells her she's welcome but she wants to know what J.P. said and Lilly tells her that J.P. said "thank you." Mia tries to reassure her that J.P. probably just isn't used to having a girlfriend. Mia asks Michael to confirm her suspicions, but he says that probably means that a guy isn't into a girl if that happens, but Mia assures Lilly that J.P. is indeed into her. J.P. does not get scared away and he and Lilly skate together.

### Junior Year

#### Princess on the Brink

J.P. still hasn't told Lilly that he loves her, or referred to her as his girlfriend, mostly calling her Moscovitz or her friend. Lilly gets blonde highlights after learning that J.P. prefers blondes and has lost weight by finally sticking to the diet her mother put them on. Tina believes that Lilly and J.P. Did It over the summer so Mia asks her, but Lilly says that even if she had she wouldn't tell Mia because Mia can't keep her mouth shut. Mia tells Lilly that she knows how far she got with Boris and asks her what a penis feels like. Lilly calls her juvenile but tells her it just feels like skin. Lilly tells Mia she plans to nominate her for student council again but Mia doesn't want to.

After Michael reveals that he is moving to Japan Lilly tells Mia that he'd probably stay if she threw a big enough fit, but Mia tells her she already did. Mia tries to use Lilly's sympathy to find out if she and J.P. did it, but Lilly doesn't fall for it. Lilly tries to strategize for the election but Mia tells her she doesn't want to run. Mia tells her she will run if Lilly promises to tell her if she and J.P. did it over the summer, and Lilly agrees to tell her after the election. Lilly's campaign method for the election is to use disaster preparedness to scare the student body into voting for Mia, which upsets Mia, but Lilly points out that Mia is actually prepared for all the disasters so the campaign isn't a lie. At the Moscovitzs' house Lilly tries to ask Mia more questions about disaster preparedness on camera, but Michael interrupts and he and Mia leave.

After the disaster in the hotel room Mia call Lilly and tells her she can't pick her up in the morning (since Michael will be waiting there). Lilly asks if Mia really broke up with Michael because she's never seen him look so bad, and if it wasn't for the fact that Mia sounds terrible herself she would kick her ass. She tells Mia that she's breaking Michael's heart and needs to talk to him. At lunch Lilly tells Mia she has clearly lost her mind as she is eating meat and broke up with Michael. J.P. tells Lilly to stop but Lilly continues. She says Michael was protecting Mia by not telling her because he knew she would freak out and that the idea of a Precious Gift of Virginity was just a way for men to control women and her judging Michael for not following the same moral code makes her no better than fundamentalists who judge people for not following their moral code. She tells Mia that she's just mad because Michael won't be her lapdog and do exactly what she wants and stay in New York because he's his own person. J.P. grabs Lilly by the arm and drags her off where he breaks up with her.

In G&T Mia finds Lilly crying next to Boris and asks him what he did to her, but he says he found her like that. Sensing that Lilly is reluctant to talk in front of Boris he excuses himself and Mia asks her what's wrong. Lilly tells her that J.P. broke up with her because, though he values her as a friend, he doesn't feel the same way about her that she does about him. She tells Mia not to say anything to him because he did the right thing by not taking advantage or dragging it on longer than he needed to. Mia tries to use this info to find out if J.P. and Lilly had sex but Lilly doesn't go for it. She apologizes to Mia for what she said in the cafeteria but tells her she just doesn't understand how she could throw away something as good as her relationship with Michael. Mia tells her that she just can't believe that Michael would do what he did and she could not be in a relationship with someone who has such different beliefs from her. Lilly tells Mia to prepare for her student council speech but Mia tells her she can't. Mia tells Lilly she will go through with it as long as Lilly still plans to tell her if she and J.P. did it over the summer.

Mia calls Lilly outside the Four Seasons and asks her what airline Michael is flying but Lilly is confused as she is supposed to give her student council speech any minute. Lilly tells her that he is flying Continental and his flight is supposed to leave at 6 and Mia hangs up. When Mia arrives home after failing to catch Michael at the airport her mother tells her that Lilly called and she should call her back. When Mia calls Lilly screams at her for kissing J.P.. Mia tells Lilly she just kissed J.P. as a friend but Lilly doesn't believe her. Lilly tells Mia that when she didn't show up for her speech Lilly decided to run in her place and won the election, appointing Perin as her vice president. Mia tells Lilly that they've been friends for too long to let a guy come between them but Lilly says maybe that means they've been friends long enough and hangs up.

#### Princess Mia

Lilly throws a victory party for her Student Council win but does not invite Mia or J.P.. She ends up making out with Kenny Showalter and is spotted by Boris, who doesn't recognize Kenny. Lilly sits at Kenny's table with Perin and Ling Su instead of with Tina, Boris, J.P., and Mia. Lilly won't even look at Mia when she returns to school. Lilly gives the other lunch table dirty looks when Lana and Trisha join them. Mia and Lilly pass each other in the bathroom but don't speak to each other and Lilly just gives Mia another dirty look. Kenny shows up in disguise after being suspended for blowing up the school to kiss Lilly before class.

Mia goes up to Lilly during lunch to ask for her help with what she has discovered about Princess Amelie but Lilly asks Mia why she is even talking to her. Mia tells her again that she needs her help but Lilly interrupts her yelling "Oh. My. God!" and slamming her fist on the table. Lilly yells at Mia for breaking Michael's heart, stealing her boyfriend, and then having the audacity to ask Lilly for help with her dysfunctional family. Mia tries to explain but Lilly screams at her for always playing the victim and never taking responsibility for anything. She accuses Lana and the rest of Mia's friends of using her, saying that she was Mia's only real friend and she treated her badly. Lilly screams that Michael couldn't wait to get away from her and admits to running IHateMiaThermopolis.com before storming out of the cafeteria and skipping G&T.

### Senior Year

Lilly's first choice college is Harvard, but she is not accepted and instead gets in to her second choice, Columbia. Lilly Tells It Like It Is gets picked up by a network in Seoul, South Korea, so Lilly now spends her lunch period and the hour she used to spend in G&T filming and editing her show. She becomes the editor of The Atom, and though she is not friends with Mia the two of them are civil to each other as they are both on staff together.

#### Forever Princess

Lilly takes out all of her piercings and attends Michael's CardioArm donation to Columbia with her parents and Kenny. Lilly and Mia run into each other in the bathroom and Mia tells her she is covering the story for Gretchen Weinberger and is trying to stay out of Michael and the Moscovitz family's way. Lilly questions Mia's story, but when she finds no signs of deception she insists that Mia come up and talk to Michael so that she can get a pull quote for the article and drags her out of the bathroom holding her tight around the wrist. Lilly tells Michael that Mia is doing a story for the Atom and pinches her when she is too stunned to talk. Lilly suggests that Mia and Michael meet up for a private interview and Michael agrees and sets up a time. After Michael leaves Lilly asks if Mia is ok, but Mia just asks her why she is suddenly being nice. Lilly starts to answer, but Kenny interrupts to ask if Mia is still dating J.P. and when she says that she is Kenny tells her never mind and steers Lilly away.

Mia turns in her article to Lilly on Monday and Lilly surprises her by remembering it is her birthday. Lilly tells Mia she hopes it won't be weird if she and Kenny go to Mia's party, but she has a gift she wants to give Mia that she can only give her if she attends the party. Mia worries that Lilly is going to do something to sabotage the party and tells Lilly she doesn't have to get her anything, but Lilly tells her that the gift she is planning is something only she can give her. Lilly tells Mia she doesn't want to fight anymore and gives her an envelope from Michael. Lilly attends the party with Kenny and films around with some of the celebrities, which is technically not allowed, but Mia tells security to leave her alone. She and Kenny congratulate Mia on a great party and Lilly is glad was able to come to the party as he won't see her as often when she goes away to college, though Boris tells her that Mia is planning to attend the University of Genovia. Lilly struggles to hold back a laugh when Tina tells the group that J.P. wrote a play, after hearing about Michael's accomplishments.

At school after J.P.'s promposal, Lilly asks Mia if she and J.P. are engaged, but Mia tells her it is just a promise ring. Lilly rudely says that it's quite a big promise. Mia and Tina go into a bathroom and Mia tells her she is planning on sleeping with J.P. after prom, but Lilly comes out of the stall and says nothing to either of them, having obviously overheard their conversation.

Lilly's birthday surprise was a campaign ad, made from old footage she shot on her trip to Genovia and new footage of celebrities endorsing Phillipe that she took on the yacht. Mia runs in to Lilly in the bathroom and asks her why she made the campaign ad and Lilly tells her it was a birthday present. Mia wants to know why Lilly is being so nice all of a sudden and Lilly tells her that Michael found out about IHateMiaThermopolis.com and told her she has to be nice to Mia. Lilly admits that creating the website was childish, but Mia asks her why she was being so mean in the first place. Lilly asks her if she honestly doesn't know why and Mia says that she doesn't, but rather than tell her Lilly calls her dense and leaves. After overhearing this conversation she tells Michael to meet Mia at midnight after the prom, realizing that Mia still loves her brother and might need his help. Lilly attends Boris' senior project concert and congratulates him.

At prom, Mia sees Lilly go into the bathroom and follows her in. She asks if J.P. is a total fake and Lilly just turns and tells her it took her long enough to figure it out. Mia asks why Lilly didn't tell her and Lilly laughs sarcastically and reminds her that she started dating J.P. the second after he dumped her for Mia. Mia tells Lilly that J.P. did not dump her for her, but Lilly tells her that he did - and he admitted it when he broke up with her and told her he was hopelessly in love with Mia and now that she and Michael had broken up he finally had a chance, but Lilly was too embarrassed to tell her the day of the breakup. She laughed at J.P. when he told her, believing that her best friend would even look at the guy that had just broken her heart, but she was wrong. Mia is shocked but Lilly points out that Mia kissed J.P. the same day and then went to see Beauty and the Beast with him and Mia realizes that J.P. set her up. Lilly tells her that he set both of them up and admits that they slept together, revealing that J.P. also lied to Mia about being a virgin. Mia apologizes, but asks why Lilly didn't tell her and Lilly says she didn't think she needed to as her ex should have been off-limits. She accuses Mia of acting crazy at the time, but admits that she acted crazy as well and by the time they stopped Mia and J.P. were happy and Lilly and Kenny were happy so she didn't know how to apologize. Mia and Lilly both admit that they missed each other and acted like idiots for letting boys come between them. They pinky swear never to let it happen again and cry before Lilly leaves to check on Kenny and jokes about making sure he isn't blowing anything up.

Lilly texts Mia during graduation to tell her that she saw her leaving with Michael and she had better not break his heart again. She and Kenny dance at the reception and Kenny discovers that he has gotten into Columbia and they will be able to attend college together.

### Adult Life

Lilly spends her summer in an internship with the New York Times. She and Mia rank their most romantic movies of all time. Lilly, Tina, Mia, and Grandmère rank Oscars fashion. Lilly begins practicing Wicca to freak out her R.A.. On Mia's birthday she joins their friends for lunch. Lilly asks to be Mia's +1 to Prince William's wedding, for sociological purposes, but Mia suspects she actually wants to go because Kanye West will be there and Lilly wants him to follow her back on Twitter. Lilly and Kenny break up while they are at Columbia.

By Mia's 26th birthday Lilly is studying to take the bar. She now harbors an attraction to Lars and sends Mia a dolphin-shaped vibrator for her birthday, knowing that Lars opens all of her mail. Mia text Lilly and tells her about Olivia Harrison and Lilly insists on doing her own investigation into Olivia and her aunt and uncle.

Lilly arrives late to Mia's wedding dress appointment as Mia is trying on her last dress - a ballgown. Mia is not sold on any of the dresses but Lilly suggests adding pickups to the front of the one she is wearing which transforms it completely in Mia's eyes. Lilly shows Mia the information she prepared about Olivia - including information that Rick O'Toole is using Olivia's child support money to fund is construction business and that Rick is planning to move the entire family to Qalif. Mia asks if all of the information was available on her legal databases and Lilly admits that she may have broken into some more private databases by guessing peoples' passwords. Mia insists that Lilly undo the dress so that they can go to New Jersey and get Olivia. Lilly asks Mia if she wants to think about the decision but Mia tells her she doesn't.

Mia, Tina, Lilly, Lars, and Halim take the limo to the O'Toole's house in Cranbrook. They get stuck in traffic and Tina plays some of Boris' voicemails and then reads J.P.'s new book out loud to them, which causes Lilly to laugh extremely hard. Lilly makes a joke about A Million Stars which makes Tina sad, but Lilly tells her that while her normal inclination is to believe women over men she knows that Boris would never be able to cheat without feeling extremely guilty and is inclined to believe he is telling the truth. She also admits that she looked at the nude photos that were posted online, though Tina still has not. At the O'Toole's Lilly convinces Catherine O'Toole to sign a release form saying they can pick Olivia up from school and take her anywhere she would like to go.

After they pick up Olivia, Lilly introduces herself to her, though she has to stifle laughter when Olivia says she thinks Phillipe has kept his distance because he is still in love with Elizabeth Harrison and wouldn't be able to stand looking at her when she looks so similar to her. When they arrive back in New York they drop Lilly off before heading to the Plaza.

A few days later Mia texts Lilly to tell her that she is pregnant but Lilly does not believe her and thinks she is hallucinating.

Lilly comes to Genovia for the bachelorette party and wedding. When they increase the guest list Lilly suggests they add tables to the garden so that people can mingle around the pool. Lilly hangs around for the bachelorette party, which is a chill evening by the pool. She is caught sneaking out of Lars' room of the R.G.G. barracks at 6am. She tells Mia that Michael discovered the identity of RoyalRabbleRouser - J.P. Reynolds-Abernathy. The day of the wedding Lilly tells Mia that she looks hot and is happy with her now-purple bridesmaids dress.

 Lilly flies back to Genovia after the birth of Frank and Elizabeth Renaldo. She and Mia are excited to give Olivia her letter from Prince Khalil, and when she becomes upset that it is too late they suggest she text him. She sneaks off with Lars on Olivia's birthday. She gives Olivia a pen from the airport and realizes immediately that the pendant from Hans and Anna-Katerina Lapsburg von Stuben is a bribe to date their son, Prince Gunther. She and Michael take photos of Olivia before she goes downstairs for her birthday ball. She gives Olivia and Rocky a karaoke machine for Hanukkah.

Lilly takes a job with the palace legal team and helps Mia in the case against Prince René, Bella Trevanni, and Morgan Alberto. She explains to Olivia that royal inheritance has never just been about royal blood and there have been other factors, plus René cost himself any good will he would have had by breaking into Rosagunde's crypt. Olivia asks her if René will go to jail but Lilly tells her he will most likely just have to pay a fine.

## Physical Appearance

Lilly is short and sort-of round, with a squished in face like a pug and curly hair. By the beginning of their freshman year Mia notes that Lilly is already a C cup.

Lilly requires glasses, but she often wears contacts.

During her junior and senior years Lilly dyes her hair multiple colors and gets multiple piercings, including one in her tongue.

## Personality and Traits

Lilly is extremely smart, to the point that Mia believes she could skip a grade if she wanted to, but Lilly says she wants to experience all 4 years of high school so she can observe post-cold war adolescence. She often uses words that Mia does not understand.

She is very confrontational.

She has seen every episode of Xena: Warrior Princess.

Lilly can kick box.

Lilly is deathly allergic to shellfish and has to carry an epipen.

Lilly is pansexual, believing that you fall in love with a person, not their gender.

## Relationships

### Mia Thermopolis

Mia and Lilly bonded in first grade after a male student dropped his pants on the way to the music room. Mia was horrified, having grown up with her mother and never seen a penis before, but Lilly, having a brother and her dad at home just looked the student dead in the eye and said "I've seen bigger." Mia helps Lilly with her TV show and they often pass notes in class and create lists for fun Their friendship is off-and-on, as they fight often, but they always come back together. During their junior year they stop being friends after Michael and Mia and J.P. and Lilly break up and Mia and J.P. begin to date. Lilly creates IHateMiaThermopolis.com as a way to cyberbully Mia. They remain civil to each other, but not friendly, until the end of their senior year. After Michael discovers IHateMiaThermopolis.com he tells Lilly she has to be nice to Mia, so Lilly makes Phillipe a campaign ad. At prom Mia and Lilly finally make up and become friends again after Lily reveals the true nature of her breakup with J.P. and Mia realizes how many things he has lied about.

### Norman

Norman is Lilly's stalker. He becomes offended after Lilly invites him over to film an episode titled Why Are Only Weirdos Attracted to Me? and starts a website called IHateLillyMoscovitz.com.

### Boris Pelkowski

Lilly and Boris begin dating just before the Cultural Diversity Dance their Freshman Year. They date throughout freshman year, but break up when Lilly cheats on Boris in front of him with Jangbu Panasa. Boris later drops a globe on his head (somewhat on accident) after Lilly refuses to talk to him about it.

Lilly claims that she and Boris never even made it to second base, though Tina tells Mia that Boris said they got to third, which Lilly later confirms.

### J.P. Reynolds-Abernathy

Lilly develops a crush on J.P. immediately after meeting him during their production of Braid!, though it is unrequited. Lilly tries to sabotage Mia's friendship with J.P. due to her crush, but Mia helps them get together by telling Lilly to introduce him to his idol, David Mamet. J.P. and Lilly begin dating but he never calls her his girlfriend or is affectionate to her in public. Lilly ends up telling J.P. she loves him but he just says "Thank you" back. J.P. and Lilly sleep together over the summer. By their junior year J.P. still does not tell Lilly that he loves her or call her his girlfriend. When Mia and Michael break up J.P. dumps Lilly for Mia, but Lilly lies about the cause of their break-up to her friends.

### Kenny Showalter

Lilly and Kenny begin dating after they make out at Lilly's student council victory party. He seems to be a bit of a romantic, sneaking back to kiss her before class even though he is suspended for blowing up the lab. They stay together through all of junior and senior year, attending prom together. Kenny seems protective of Lilly, not wanting her to get hurt by Mia as he seems to know everything that happened between Lilly and J.P.. At graduation Kenny finds out he got off the wait list at Columbia and he and Lilly are able to attend college together. They break up while they are at Columbia after Kenny built a yurt in the middle of campus and stopped going to his classes.

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 The Princess Diaries
2. ↑ Perfect Princess: A Princess Diaries Book
3. ↑ The Princess Diaries, Vol. VI: Princess in Training
4. ↑ MiaThermopolis.com
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Royal Wedding: A Princess Diaries Novel
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess: Royal Wedding Disaster
7. ↑ From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess: Royal Crush
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess: Royal Crown
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 The Princess Diaries, Vol. V: Princess in Pink
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 The Princess Diaries, Vol. X: Forever Princess
11. ↑ The Princess Diaries, Vol. IV: Princess in Waiting
12. ↑ The Princess Diaries, Vol. II: Princess in the Spotlight
13. ↑ The Princess Diaries, Vol. VI and a Half: The Princess Present
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 The Princess Diaries, Vol. VII: Party Princess
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 The Princess Diaries, Vol. IX: Princess Mia
16. ↑ The Princess Diaries, Vol. VIII: Princess on the Brink
17. ↑ The Princess Diaries, Vol. VII and a Half: Sweet Sixteen Princess