BRING on the revolution - we don't need any more royal diaries!

That's what the poor people of an obscure Disney-like country called Genovia should be shouting for, instead of the rather smug and cosy Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement.

But then what do you expect from the sequel to Princess Diaries, where you have Dame Julie Andrews playing warm-hearted Queen Clarisse Renaldi.

In case you missed the first film, I'll bring you up to speed.

The widowed Queen Clarisse finds her grungy, ugly duckling granddaughter Mia, played by Anne Hathaway, growing up in a converted fire station in San Francisco.

In true fairy-tale style, this average teenager turns out to be a stunner - an all-American princess.

Fast-forward five years and Princess Mia, having completed her college studies, visits the country she is set to rule.

However, her grandma decides to take early retirement - so Princess Mia has to smarten up her act in order to become the new queen.

The only problem is that, thanks to sneering Viscount Mabrey, played by John Rhys-Davies, Parliament discovers that Princess Mia must be married in order to ascend to the throne.

Mabrey wants his own nephew, Lord Nicholas Devereaux, played by Chris Pine, to take the throne instead - after all, he is a born-and-bred Genovian.

Our charming princess has just 30 days to tie the knot, and, after looking through a portfolio of possible suitors, she plumps for Andrew Jacoby, Duke of Kenilworth, played by Callum Blue, who "is everything a girl should want in a husband-to-be".

During this time, in her wisdom, Queen Clarisse had invited Lord Nicholas to stay at the royal palace. Fearful of his intentions, Princess Mia doesn't trust the handsome Lord Nicholas, who she finds rather annoying.

I won't give the plot away, but guess who Princess Mia chooses in the end?

No doubt nine-year-old girls will love this film - after all, that's who it's aimed at.

It did have some fun parts too, such as when Dame Julie goes mattress-surfing down a staircase, the Scottish news reporter and the princess' comic maids Brigitte and Brigitta.

Dame Julie also sings - but not like Mary Poppins or Maria von Trapp. Having had surgery on damaged vocal cords in 1997, she sings Your Crowning Glory in what she describes as "Rex Harrison sing speak".

No disrespect to Dame Julie but, as a child, I always found singing in films boring.

I also feel Viscount Mabrey could have been made more sinister, and I didn't care much for Princess Mia's best friend Lilly Moscovitz, played by Heather Matarazzo, and her unfunny one-liners.

Are we going to see Princess Diaries 3: The Wedding? I'm certainly not.