The French government has been accused of censorship after it cancelled a book order for 800,000 copies of Beauty and the Beast, which were to be given free to children this summer. According to ...

The first princess on Disney's books was Snow White, back in the 1930s. She was followed by a stream of others, including Cinderella, Belle and Moana. The more recent princesses have encapsulated ...

The 17-year-old Suzu (voiced by Kaho Nakamura) reluctantly joins U as an avatar named Belle, a more exotic beauty than the modest and shy Suzu. In the U, Belle’s songs find massive stardom that ...

Eventually – as viewers of the Disney film will know - Belle falls in love with the ogre ... to give a modern take on the tale, with the book being the latest in a programme of annual gifts ...