Many fans wondered why Anna wasn't made a Disney Princess, considering she fits the bill: she's human, comes from royalty, is heroic, and even has an animal sidekick in Sven. However, Frozen 2 turned her into the queen after Elsa abdicated, so perhaps the studio always knew Anna wouldn't be a princess for long.
Pocahontas: For years Pocahontas has featured on the official Princess line-up, but just like Moana Pocahontas is the daughter of a village chief. Not a princess.
Despite being called “Princess Anna” regularly, Anna isn't an official Disney Princess. One reason for this could be because of Frozen 2's ending, where Anna becomes the new Queen of Arendelle rather than a princess.
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Why isn't Giselle an official Disney Princess?
Due to disagreements over compensating Adams for using her likeness, Disney canceled its initial plans to induct Giselle into the Disney Princess franchise.
According to Sara Franks-Allen of ScreenCrush, Meg was excluded from the official Disney Princess franchise due to Hercules' underperformance in theaters, describing her as a "forgotten Disney princess". MovieWeb theorized that Disney found the character too sensual to include in the franchise.
Why are Anna and Elsa not official Disney princesses?
They're not princesses.
Both Anna and Elsa ultimately serve as queens of Arendelle. Now, you don't technically have to be a princess to be an official “Disney Princess” — just of “regal lineage”. So they do fulfill that criteria.
Following the release of the film, Raya was inducted into the official Disney Princess line-up as its thirteenth member. Disney has merchandised the character in the form of dolls and figure sets. She has also been recreated as a Funko Pop! figure.
Esmeralda was removed as she wasn't marketable enough for the franchise's standards, as the sales of The Hunchback of Notre Dame's products weren't good, and because the movie dealt with themes that were not entirely suitable for children.
One of the requirements is that she must be royal by birth or do a heroic deed. She's not royal, and I wouldn't say that she completed a heroic deed. All Mirabel did was accidentally finish tearing the family apart and then bring it back together.
Ariel appears as an adult in Return to the Sea and gives birth to a daughter named Melody, becoming the first, and currently, only, Disney princess to become a mother. Ariel is protective of her daughter, as Triton was of Ariel in the first film.
The newest Disney princess movie, released in 2021, is Raya and the Last Dragon. Raya is Disney's first Southeast Asian princess voiced by Kelly Marie Tran. Big names like Awkwafina, Gemma Chan, Sandra Oh and Daniel Dae Kim also voice characters in the film.
Eventually the prince managed to seduce Rapunzel, and she fell pregnant. One day while the witch was visiting, Rapunzel asked her why it took her so long to climb her hair, when the prince can climb it so quickly.
Princess Eilonwy has been nicknamed by fans as the "Forgotten Disney Princess" because of her little-known status and the fact she is not an "official" Disney Princess, despite being a princess by birth, like Kida Nedakh from Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
When her island becomes endangered by a life-killing darkness, Moana is chosen by the ocean to journey across the sea and save the world with the help of the shape-shifting demigod Maui. Moana is the twelfth official member of the Disney Princess line-up.
Tuk Tuk is a character in Raya and the Last Dragon. He is a third-pill bug, third-armadillo and third-pug hybrid, he is Raya's pet, with the ability to roll into a ball as a means of transportation. When he was younger, he was quite small.
The thirteen characters in the franchise consist of Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tiana, Rapunzel, Merida, Moana, and Raya.
Anastasia meets all these and a bit more, such as having at least one musical number (which is mentioned as a requirement by many), and now that she's property of Disney, she's technically a Disney Princess, but she isn't part of that specific franchise, simply because she hasn't been chosen as one.
She was actually considered to be part of the original Disney Princess franchise. However due to growing popularity of the Winx Club, Disney decided to remove Tinkerbell from the Disney Princess franchise so she could lead the Disney Fairies Franchise in 2005. Officially Tinkerbell is not currently a Disney Princess.
Asha, the new Disney princess, is of Afro-Iberian ethnicity. She's a groundbreaking character as she's Disney's first Afro-Iberian heroine to headline a feature film. Her story and character design add a fresh and diverse perspective to the Disney princess lineup, making her a unique and exciting addition.
However, a husband or Father of a Queen Regent is simply a Prince. So based on that, Agnarr was King and Iduna was Queen (Consort). Then Elsa was Queen (Regent). Then Anna became Queen (Regent) and Kristoff would become Prince.
Merida and Pocahontas are the only Princesses to not be seen married, or have wedding dresses in the franchise. Belle and a few others were featured in Disney's Beautiful Brides book.
Why was Tinker Bell removed from the Disney Princess list?
The team's job was to find specific stories and characters that could be problematic and explain the potential issues with them. In Tinkerbell's case, the team flagged that she was both “body conscious” and “jealous of Peter Pan's attention.”
Merida is the main protagonist of the 2012 Disney/Pixar film Brave (2012). She is voiced by Scottish actress Kelly Macdonald. Merida was added to the Disney Princess line-up as the eleventh member, on May 11, 2013, becoming the first Disney Princess to be created by Pixar.
