![]() ![]() The event is interrupted by Maleficent, who appears and curses Aurora, causing the Three Good Fairies to take Aurora into the forest to raise her. A young Phillip presents a gift to the infant Aurora at her christening, but is less than impressed when he sees her. Unlike The Prince from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Prince Charming from Cinderella, Phillip was the first prince in Disney theatrical animated features to have an active role and be given a proper name and a full character.Īt Aurora's birth, it was said that Phillip would marry the princess, the daughter of his father's best friend. He kissed her, then she woke up, and then everyone lived happily ever after. He trembled upon seeing the princess's beauty and fell on his knees before her. Phillip is based on the prince from the original French fairy tale that appears a hundred years after the princess is put to sleep by Maleficent's curse, having heard the story of the sleeping princess, and entered the castle. Prince Phillip is Aurora's true love, voiced by Bill Shirley. King Stefan (father-in-law), Queen Leah (mother-in-law) Josh Robert Thompson ( Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep) Roger Craig Smith ( Disney Princess Enchanted Tales) Harris Dickinson ( Maleficent: Mistress of Evil) All that was left of her was a black and purple mess on the ground, with the sword still embedded in it as it blackens. Despite pushing Phillip to the edge of a cliff, Phillip threw his Sword of Truth, which was blessed by the three good fairies' magic, and struck Maleficent directly in the heart, and it was more than enough to kill her. With no other choice, she flew to the gate of King Stefan's castle and turned into a huge dragon to battle the prince herself. ![]() She went as far as conjuring a forest of thorns, but Phillip easily cut his way to the gate. Upon learning of this from her pet raven, who got turned to stone in the process by Merryweather, she tried to stop him with a series of lightning bolts, but failed. However, the three good fairies free Phillip after she left him. She then proceeded to trap Prince Phillip and lock him in her dungeon. Despite the efforts of the three good fairies, she succeeded in fulfilling her curse. The night when Aurora returned to her father's castle, the moment Aurora was alone, Maleficent seized the chance to lure her into pricking her finger on the spinning wheel's spindle. Merryweather was able to weaken the curse though by changing it from death to sleep. Maleficent is the "Mistress of All Evil" who, after not being invited to a christening, curses the infant Princess Aurora to "prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die" before the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday. During the movie's final scenes, Aurora and Phillip dance. She also learned that her love and her betrothed were exactly the same person. She is put in a bed by the fairies where she can sleep peacefully within the highest tower.Īurora is later awakened by Phillip's kiss of true love, which finally breaks the curse. The three good fairies try to stop her, but are too late when Aurora pricks her finger on the spindle and collapses in sleep. Aurora suddenly sees a floating spark of light cast by Maleficent and, in a trance, follows the spark through the back of the fireplace and up a staircase to a tower room where the spark of light turns into a spinning wheel. The three fairies exit the room they secretly entered so as to let the princess have a few moments alone. Aurora is saddened that she will never see the man from the forest and breaks into tears. The three fairies tell her about the future that is set for her and that night they take her back to the castle. But when Princess Aurora renamed Briar Rose returns with the news of meeting a handsome and enchanting man, the fairies must tell her she can never see him again like Aurora, they do not know who he really is. Later in the story, the three good fairies are preparing for her birthday when they plan to surprise her with the news that she is a princess. Aurora is the third official Disney Princess. After Maleficent, an evil fairy curses her when she is only a baby, Aurora is taken to the woods by Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather, where her name is changed to Briar Rose to conceal her identity from Maleficent. Princess Aurora is the title character of the film. ![]()
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