‘The Princess Switch’ Sequel Has A Nonsensical ‘A Christmas Prince’ Cameo & Fans Are Confused
Two years after the original, The Princess Switch: Switched Again dropped on Netflix over the weekend.
The movie picks up two years after the first film, which saw Vanessa Hudgens play two different characters who look the same: Chicago baker Stacey, and Margaret, the Duchess of Montenaro. They switch places in the first film so that Margaret can experience a normal life. While switched, Stacey falls in love with Margaret’s fiancé, Prince Edward, and Margaret falls for Stacey’s best friend, Kevin.
FYI: There are many The Princess Switch: Switched Again spoilers ahead so if you haven’t watched the sequel, read ahead at your peril.
In the sequel, Margaret and Kevin have split after learning that Margaret is soon to be queen. There’s a lot more switching in the second film, with the addition of a third lookalike, Margaret’s cousin Fiona, who also has eyes on the crown. The sequel culminates in Margaret’s coronation and it’s here that something bonkers happens…
Amber and Richard from the Christmas Prince trilogy are spotted as coronation guests.
A Christmas Prince Cast Richard and Amber’s Cameo on The Princess Switch: Switched Again ?? pic.twitter.com/mZqL9xguNB
— ??????♡ (@onetwothreesha_) November 20, 2020
On one hand, this is good news. It confirms that Netflix Christmas movies exist in the same cinematic universe, which is something fans have speculated about at length. But on the other hand, ummm…this makes no sense.
The Princess Switch fans will remember that in the first movie, Stacey watches A Christmas Prince on Netflix — so how can Amber and Richard be real people who can attend coronations, when they a merely characters in a movie?! A movie that Stacey watched?!
Eagle-eyed viewers are confused and DEMAND answers:
in The Princess Switch, Margaret and Kevin are clearly seen watching A Christmas Prince. AND YET in The Princess Switch 2: Switched Again, Amber and Richard attend Margaret’s coronation, complicating the fabric of the NCCU (Netflix Christmas Cinematic Universe). In this essay—
— Auriane Desombre (@aurianedesombre) November 21, 2020
I’m sorry but we need to talk about how the royal couple from A Christmas Prince have a cameo in The Princess Switch: Switched Again EVEN THOUGH in the original Princess Switch one the couples (please do not ask me which one) WATCHES A Christmas Prince ON NETFLIX.
— Patricia Karounos (@patriciakar) November 21, 2020
How dare Netflix screw with my mind by making the couple from A CHRISTMAS PRINCE show up in THE PRINCESS SWITCH 2 even though they watched A CHRISTMAS PRINCE on Netflix in the first THE PRINCESS SWITCH??? pic.twitter.com/ktciKIyKWR
— Jason Carlos (@jaarlos) November 20, 2020
good morning, some important news
in the first Princess Switch movie, Vanessa Hudgens watches A Christmas Prince on Netflix.
then in the second Princess Switch movie, out today, they show up at her coronation
explain yourselves, @netflix pic.twitter.com/4q5FF3jJCj
— Kate Halliwell (@katehalliwell) November 19, 2020
The only explanation is that somehow, in The Princess Switch’s universe, A Christmas Prince is a documentary about Aldovia’s Queen Amber and King Richard — which means that Amber and Richard exist IRL.
This Twitter user seems to think that’s the most likely justification for the movie’s inclusion in the first film, and they pose an interesting theory in the below thread.
Apart from the glaring similarity of chronicling the tale of an American who went abroad to a fictitious country inhabited by folk with British accents, there is a tie that directly binds the two movies.
4/6
— Keith Hamilton (@blackmaas) November 19, 2020
“A Christmas Prince” is 100% a documentary that exists in a shared cinematic universe with “The Princess Switch.”
They made a fictional non-fiction movie and planted it in a fiction movie as fiction.
Bravo, @netflix
FIN
— Keith Hamilton (@blackmaas) November 19, 2020
Convinced? I am not. If we cast our minds back, Stacey specifically said the words “Christmas movie” while browsing Netflix before A Christmas Prince came on screen, and the plot for the movie was the same as the streaming platform’s current summary.
Exhibit A:
Exhibit B:
That doesn’t sounds like a documentary to me!!!
It simply boggles the mind and we absolutely need a third The Princess Switch to finally get to the bottom of this.