{"id":289293,"date":"2025-07-25T01:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T01:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/289293\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T01:00:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T01:00:46","slug":"magical-photos-of-royals-visiting-disney-theme-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/289293\/","title":{"rendered":"Magical photos of royals visiting Disney theme parks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Disney has its own princesses, but over the years, its parks around the world have welcomed real-life royalty. From Princess<\/strong> Diana<\/strong> and her two boys to Monaco’s Prince Albert\u00a0<\/strong>and his twins, Prince<\/strong> Jacques<\/strong> and Princess<\/strong> Gabriella<\/strong>, several royals have visited Disney theme parks, meeting beloved characters and even posing for pictures in front of iconic castles. For\u00a0Meghan Markle<\/strong>, her family\u2019s 2025 trip to Disneyland Resort was \u201ctwo days of pure joy.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n

Judging by photos, many other royals have experienced moments of joy at Disney. Scroll to see pictures of Princess Beatrice<\/strong>, Prince<\/strong> Harry<\/strong> and other royals\u2019 magical visits:<\/p>\n

British RoyalsThe Sussexes
\n \"Meghan\u00a9 Instagram\/Meghan Markle <\/p>\n

Meghan Markle\u00a0<\/strong>and Prince Harry,<\/strong> who reside in Montecito, California,\u00a0took their kids, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, to Anaheim to visit Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure<\/a> Park in June of 2025.<\/p>\n

\"Meghan\u00a9 Instagram\/Meghan Markle <\/p>\n

“Thank you @disneyland for giving our family two days of pure joy!” the Duchess of Sussex captioned a video featuring pictures and footage from their trip.<\/p>\n

\"Prince\u00a9 Instagram\/Meghan Markle <\/p>\n

During their magical getaway, the family of four celebrated Princess Lilibet’s fourth birthday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"The\u00a9 Instagram\/Meghan Markle <\/p>\n

The Sussexes rode a variety of attractions at the parks, including Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, Dumbo the Flying Elephant, King Arthur Carrousel and Tiana’s Bayou Adventure and Radiator Springs Racers.<\/p>\n

Sarah Ferguson and her daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie
\n \"France<\/p>\n

Princess Eugenie<\/strong> celebrated her 11th birthday at Disneyland Paris with her older sister Princess<\/strong> Beatrice<\/strong> and their mom Sarah<\/strong> Ferguson<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Princess Diana
\n \"Diana\u00a9 Mike Forster\/Daily Mail\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Princess Diana<\/strong> famously visited Walt Disney World with her sons Prince Harry and Prince William<\/strong> in August of 1993.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Diana\u00a9 Mike Forster\/Daily Mail\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

The Duke of Sussex spoke about his childhood visit to Disney in a 2016 interview with Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts<\/a>, calling it \u201cone of my very, very happy memories.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Diana\u00a9 Mike Forster\/Daily Mail\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Diana’s trip to the most magical place on earth included a visit to the fan-favorite dinner show Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue<\/a>, where William participated in the show at Pioneer Hall. Ken Wharfe<\/strong>, who was a bodyguard to the Princess, revealed in the 2021 ABC special The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World that Princes William and Harry thought Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue was “fantastic.” Later back at their hotel, Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, Diana told Wharfe, “This was a magical evening.”<\/p>\n

Prince Harry
\n \" \"\u00a9 Coleman Rayner\/The Grosby Group<\/p>\n

Over 20 years after visiting with his mom, Harry returned to the Magic Kingdom while in Orlando for the Invictus Games. At the time, a Kensington Palace spokesperson said (via ABC News<\/a>): “He went into the park last night after a full day of watching great Invictus competition.”<\/p>\n

Prince Andrew
\n \"Prince\u00a9 Derek Hudson\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Prince Andrew<\/strong> was photographed at a Disney park in 1980.<\/p>\n

Mon\u00e9gasque RoyalsPrince Albert of Monaco\u00a0
\n \"PARIS,\u00a9 Sylvain Beche\/Disney – Handout\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Prince Albert\u00a0<\/strong>of Monaco paid a trip to Disneyland Paris<\/a> with his then-seven-year-old twins Prince<\/strong> Jacques<\/strong> and Princess<\/strong> Gabriella<\/strong> in 2022. The royals stayed at Disney\u2019s Hotel New York – The Art of Marvel and had the chance to meet Spider-Man and rode Autopia, RC Racer, Space Mountain and Tower of Terror during their trip to Disneyland Paris, which was celebrating its 30th anniversary that year. \u00a0<\/p>\n

The following year in 2023, Prince Albert, his wife Princess Charlene\u00a0<\/strong>and their twins reportedly enjoyed a vacation at Walt Disney World in Florida. “We all really loved the Avatar ride,\u201d Albert said (via PEOPLE<\/a>). \u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Japanese RoyalsThe Emperor and Empress of Japan
\n \"URAYASU,\u00a9 KAZUHIRO NOGI\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

In March of 2006, then-Crown Prince Naruhito<\/strong> and\u00a0Crown Princess Masako<\/strong> of Japan took their daughter Princess Aiko<\/strong> to Tokyo DisneySea, where she was welcomed by Mickey Mouse.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jordanian RoyalsThe late King of Jordan
\n \"King\u00a9 UPI\/Bettmann Archive\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Hussein bin Talal<\/strong>, the father of Jordan’s King Abdullah II<\/strong>, paid a visit to Disney World in May of 1977 with his daughter Abir.<\/p>\n

Norwegian, Swedish and Danish RoyalsPrincess Astrid,\u00a0<\/strong>Princess\u00a0<\/strong>Margaretha and former Queen\u00a0<\/strong>Margrethe<\/strong>
\n \"Left\u00a9 Bettmann Archive<\/p>\n

The happiest place on earth welcomed three Princesses\u2014Princess Astrid<\/strong> of Norway, Princess<\/strong> Margaretha<\/strong> of Sweden and Denmark’s then-Princess<\/strong> Margrethe<\/strong> of Denmark, who ascended the Danish throne in 1972\u2014in 1960. The royal trio visited Disneyland where they posed in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle and rode the teacups together.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Left\u00a9 Bettmann Archive
\nMoroccan Royals<\/strong>\u200bKing Mohammed V<\/strong>
\n \"(Original\u00a9 Bettmann Archive<\/p>\n

King Mohammed V\u00a0<\/strong>of Morocco was with Disney royalty, Walt Disney himself, during a visit to Disneyland in the 1950s.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disney has its own princesses, but over the years, its parks around the world have welcomed real-life royalty.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[13080,823,107864,1281,107863,62654,13082,1412,13084,5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-289293","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royals","9":"tag-disney","10":"tag-leisure-and-travel","11":"tag-meghan-markle","12":"tag-monaco-royals","13":"tag-prince-albert","14":"tag-princess-beatrice","15":"tag-princess-diana","16":"tag-princess-eugenie","17":"tag-royal","18":"tag-royal-families","19":"tag-royal-family","20":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114911171602401588","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}