Before you ask, YES, it's at this point — 10 minutes and 30 seconds into the movie, if you're wondering — that Stacy meets her royal lookalike, Lady Margaret Delacourt. Margaret, who is engaged to Belgravia's Prince Edward and has never had a photo taken of her by the press (apparently?! Meghan Markle is undoubtedly having her people dial Margaret's people as we speak), which is how this movie ingeniously (lol) explains away how Stacy has never seen her before.
Margaret is set to tour the competition space, where she bumps into Stacy on her way to get a new apron. They stare at each other in shock.
. . . for all of two seconds, before they instantly decide to switch places.
OK, not instantly, but they're both remarkably chill about the fact they're twins — no calling their parents? Or the hospitals where they were delivered? Or discussing ANY conspiracy theories about being long lost twins?!
Instead, Margaret's assistant, Mrs. Donatelli, says they're probably distantly related by a philandering relative, "Cousin Cecil," who moved to America in scandal way back when.
I kind of wish this movie was about Cousin Cecil now?
But, again, let me reiterate: Stacy and Margaret look EXACTLY alike. They are BOTH Vanessa Hudgens.
Like?!??!?!
Now that this complete suspension of reality, has been introduced, Stacy and Margaret agree to switch places for the next two days.
Why? Well because Margaret tells Stacy that she hates attention and royal life, and wants to live like a regular, shmegular, degular bakery owner from Chicago. As for Stacy? She would like the chance to bone a prince. (She also works out a deal so that Kevin's daughter, Liv, can attend a ballet school in Belgravia.)
REJOICE: a makeover montage begins!
But . . . it only lasts, like, 10 seconds? And is mostly of Stacy learning how to walk like Margaret? Because that's what would give her real identity away.
Please note that Stacy is also totally cool with chopping off all her hair to look more like Marge.
She also never once considers that her best friend of a decade, Kevin, will notice that she's been replaced by someone with zero of the same memories or cooking skills.
It also must be noted that in this scene, Margaret is essentially wearing a bright pink skirt suit from the '90s.