Dame Julie Andrews won't be returning for The Princess Diaries 3

Dame Julie Andrews won't be returning for The Princess Diaries 3.

The 90-year-old actress, who starred opposite Anne Hathaway as Queen Clarisse Renaldi in the original 2001 coming of age comedy and its 2004 sequel The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, has addressed plans for the upcoming third film and confirmed her character won't be seen on screen.

She told TODAY.com: "I’m not going to be in it.

"I think the story is slightly different, and I’m not quite sure how they’re dealing with that.

"But it’s too late for me to do it. I think the story has to continue in Princess Mia. It’s her story. It’s not really mine.”

In a separate interview with InStyle, Andrews admitted the creative team behind the upcoming third movie have been chasing her, but she had to turn them down.

She said: "I think I probably passed — I think I’m retired, really, would be about the best description for that.

"[The film’s creative team] asked me all last year if I would be keen to do it.

"It was very, very hard to say ‘no,’ but I did because I thought I had a wonderful ride, and this one I felt would flourish very well and wouldn’t need Granny going in there at my age.”

Hathaway is set to reprise her role as Mia Thermopolis.