Princess Anneliese

Princess Anneliese is one of the main protagonists in Barbie as The Princess and the Pauper. She is played by Barbie and her speaking voice is provided by Kelly Sheridan and her singing voice is by Melissa Lyons. She a princess who always wanted to do good for her kingdom's people.

Story
Anneliese is the princess of a kingdom located on a mountain top. She and Erika were born at the very same moment, and the two girls were lookalikes. However, Anneliese had a crown-shaped birthmark on her shoulder. Her parents were both overjoyed when Anneliese was born and knew she'd have only the finest.

At some point during Anneliese's life, after she was born, her father passed away, leaving her mother a widower. As a young woman, Anneliese had learned her royal duties and she was tutored by Julian.

Anneliese and Julian were in love with each other, but they both kept it a secret, even from each other. When her kingdom went bankrupt due to Preminger, the queen's trusted adviser who stole all the gold from the royal mine, the queen wanted Anneliese to marry a rich young king named Dominick to save her kingdom. Anneliese, however wanted to marry Julian, but had no choice because she wanted to save the kingdom.

Julian decided to take her out for a day after hearing she'd be getting married, so they went into the village, where Anneliese met Erika.

The two girls realized their uncanny resemblance and became good friends. Anneliese told Eriks that she would send someone for her so she can sing at the palace, but that night Anneliese and her pet cat, Serafina are both kidnapped by Nick and Nack.

Serafina becomes very distressed because she is separated from her mistress, Anneliese, but they escape the next night by tricking Nick and Nack. When she gets back to the palace, she's turned away because Erika, who's impersonating as the princess while she's missing, is already inside the palace and the guard thinks that she is the real princess. She is threatened by a guard to leave so she goes into the village, upset. She instead goes to Madame Carp's Dress Emporium hoping for help, but Madame Carp treats Anneliese and her other seamstress very disrespectfully, thinking that Anneliese is Erika.

When Anneliese tried to herself to Madame Carp, Madame Carp thinks she's Erika and laughs at her. Anneliese tries to tell Madame Carp not to talk to her seamstress so rudely after she calls her a lazy cow, but Madame Carp gets annoyed and locks them in until all the dresses are finished. Anneliese is dismayed to being locked in again, but the other seamstress is very nice to her and believes she is the princess.

Later on, Anneliese gives her ring and a label off of a dress that reads, "Made exclusively by Madame Carp" to Serafina. Their plan is for someone to be led to the Dress Emporium after they see the label, and rescue Anneliese. Meanwhile, Anneliese tries her hand at sewing dresses, but is not very good at it. The other seamstress reassures Anneliese that she doesn't have to do it, but Anneliese insisted and didn't wanna leave the other seamstress with everything to do by herself.

Preminger finds Serafina and goes the Dress Emporium to "rescue" Anneliese. She does not know about his evil plans so she goes with him, even though Serafina is very distressed and apprehensive around him. Preminger takes Anneliese to the royal mines. She soon realizes that he was the one who was behind her kidnapping and he drags her into the mines, with Serafina following.

Once inside the mines, Preminger revealed to Anneliese that he is going to marry her mother and be king. He places her into a room with a tied-up Julian, who was also captured earlier when he was caught trying to rescue Anneliese. Preminger shows them Anneliese's ring and is going to tell the queen that they died in a tragic accident, and then leaves the two to try and escape. Anneliese is detemined to stop Preminger, but Nick and Nack obscured the exit to the mines by blocking it up with boulders and rocks.

Julian tries to destroy the rocks with a pickaxe, but gives up. While he was hitting the rock, a rock feel and cracked open after hitting Serafina. Anneliese goes to make sure Serafina is okay and sees a precious geode inside the rock. She tells Julian he is like the rock: "unassuming on the outside, but a treasure within." She tells him she is in love with him and he promises to get them out. He picks up the pickaxe again but all of a sudden, some water floods in from a crack in the rocks.

Led by Herve, Preminger's horse who wants to help, Wolfie manages to locate Serafina, Anneliese, and Julian. He digs a hole to reveal the mine's shaft. At first they don't know how they'll all get up, but Anneliese has a plan. She and Julian move some more rocks so more water will flood in. They all get into a barrel with the cats and float up with the water getting closer and closer to the hole at the top. They then rush back to the palace to reunite with the queen and make sure she doesn't marry Preminger.

Anneliese proves she's not another imposter by showing her mother her birthmark. After Preminger is taken away by the palace guards, Anneliese talks to her mother. She tells her that she wouldn't be here if it weren't for Erika and Julian, and she tells her mother she wants to marry him. Her mother tells her they have to care of their people first, but Anneliese tells her about the geodes she found in the mines.

Anneliese leads miners to collect the geodes, and they created a new industry. The kingdom was now saved, and as for Madame Carp, she was out of business because there was no work from the palace, most likely because of how she treated Anneliese. Months later, Anneliese and Julian have a double wedding with Erika and King Dominick, who found love with each other, and Serafina and Wolfie had many, many kittens.

Personality
Princess Anneliese is a very sweet, kind, clever, calm, smart, and nice girl. She is a "true princess" archetype. She loves to read science books. She loves to learn and is able to tell different kinds of minerals apart.

She loves her royal tutor, Julian, and later in the film, she tells her feelings to him. She is very adventurous and longs to be free from her royal duties. She is willing to take changes and is eager to try new things.

She is very resourceful and quick-thinking, which can be seenw hen she escapes from Nick and Nack and from the royal mines along with Julian. Anneliese is also very brave. Anneliese is also very responsible and cares for her people. This can be seen when she is ready to marry someone she doesn't love for the sake of her kingdom.

Physical Appearance
Anneliese is a teenage girl with light skin, blonde hair and blue eyes. Her hair is wavy and reaches her mid-back, and she has some of her hair pulled back into a ponytail. The ends of her hair are styled with heavy ringlets. Anneliese has a unique, crown-shaped birthmark on her shoulder.

Her pink gown was made by Erika when she worked at Madame Carp's Drsss Emporium. Its opening has a mesh with gold bands around it, and the top is divided into three. The middle part is white with gold designs and rose designs on top, while the other parts are pink. The sleeves have the same netting as the opening of her dress. The bottom part of the bodice has the same mesh, and there was a golden ribbon on it. The skirt is all pink, and it has netting and there are sparkles on it. She wears pink shoes. She also wears a heart-shaped necklace if there's a family portrait, like the one when Julian takes Erika to her room.

Her wedding dress is similar to her pink dress. The opening has the same netting, and the top was divided into three. Its skirt has two parts. The outer part of it (which is the cover) has a rose design on it, and the inner part of it is white. Her veil has a golden border on it, and she wears her tiara on top of her head and she wears white shoes. Sometimes, Anneliese wears her tiara.

Trivia

 * Anneliese is based upon Prince Edward Tudor from the original The Prince and the Pauper novel by Mark Twain.
 * Her hairstyle is reused several times in different Barbie movies. Genevieve and Rosella use the hairstyle at their weddings, and Liana and Alexa used the hairstyle in their final appearance after transformation.
 * Anneliese's bedroom is similar to Princess Luciana and Queen Adriana's room in Barbie as The Island Princess.
 * Anneliese scents her stationery with rose.
 * Her name in the Polish version of the movie is "Anna Luiza".