Determined to retrieve the flower that kept her young and alive for hundreds of years, Mother Gothel breaks into the castle late one night and sang the song to Rapunzel's hair. To celebrate her birth, a floating lantern with the emblem of the sun (the Corona symbol) was released into the sky amongst the people of Corona. With the help of the flower, the queen makes a full recovery and soon gives birth to a healthy baby girl, named Rapunzel who, unlike her brunette parents, has beautiful, golden hair. The King and Queen celebrate Rapunzel's birth with a floating lantern.Īfter much searching, the flower, long hoarded by a woman named Mother Gothel, who has kept herself young by singing a song to it, is miraculously located and boiled into medicine to cure the queen of her illness. Fearing the death of his love, the King dispatched multitudes of soldiers and villagers alongside the populace to search for a rumored magic flower, created by a single drop of sunlight, with the potential to heal illnesses. Unfortunately, very late in her pregnancy, the queen fell ill with what would surely result in her death, as well as her child's. 5.1 Disney Princess: My Fairytale AdventureĮighteen years before the events of Tangled, Rapunzel's parents, King Frederic and Queen Arianna of Corona were anticipating their firstborn.
