The latest addition to the Princess Diaries series, Royal Wedding, is the first adult book installment, which features Thermopolis in the process of getting married to her high school sweetheart, Michael Moscovitz who — get this — is her best friend’s older brother and a wildly successful internet entrepreneur who proposes to her on private island getaway with a conflict-free diamond ring. A few pages into the book it already could be another rom-com fairy tale. But Cabot as a storyteller doesn’t let happily-ever-afters happen too smoothly. Cabot’s inspiration for the new book was actually the wedding of Kate Middleton and Prince William. It made her wonder how the Duchess has handled the constant speculation. “Seeing how women are torn apart in the press, and how women in the press are constantly criticized… It’s so admirable how they have to ignore what the press says,” Cabot says. The author also drew inspiration from Princess Diana, especially for her charity work. “ I don’t think Princess Diana ever declared herself a feminist, and yet she used her influence as one of the world’s most recognizable women to educate millions on what were then considered ‘taboo’ topics like HIV and bulimia,” she says. “She was a symbol of strength to many for not only for publicly discussing her eating disorder, but for her tireless work with domestic abuse, AIDS, and land mine charities — and for refusing to tolerate the unjust way she was treated by the press.”