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Another royal fantasy starring actors who have previously already filmed basically the same story. So why sit through such a blah movie? Brittany Bristow is gorgeous. And her smile could launch a thousand ships. Again she plays the second banana and way outshines the star.

Hallmark Royalty Movies - ugh. The story was nice ... but this royalty/monarchy angle is getting really old. Girls/women don't all want to marry a prince/king. At least there wasn't a grumpy mother queen in this one! I think the story would have worked without the king/palace/monarchy. BTW - why are all these kings/princes widowed with a child? I'd be very leary marrying one of them! Seem like it's not good for your continues living...

The movie overall isn't bad, I watched the whole thing which is more than I can say for some of the other movies this year. I like that it's a pair of best friends, Katie and Jessica, working and finding love together, it's like the fantasy for best friends to find mates together and a plus, royal(ish).

I actually liked the best friend, Jessica, more than the lead, she was so endearing. You wanted to smile when she did!

The setting is beautiful as usual. I defiantly what to go on a tour of Hallmarkia, I mean Romania.

Honestly, my biggest issue was that the lead, Katie, said she wanted to BOIL MILK for hot chocolate. That would make the milk curdle and chunky hot chocolate sounds gross.

Oh yeah, there's ice skating too.

As Romanian, I appreciate the locations from my country. But this is the only good point. Because the film is just illustration of the old Hallmark recipe about royalty Christmas - from the widower young king, father of a girl, to American she becoming the chosen. Another sin - too, too many Christmas ornaments. But , decent in large lines.

I'm not a fan of royal stories, Christmas or otherwise. This one was middle of the road for me, but I enjoyed Merritt Patterson's energy in the beginning. The approach to the royal story was a little different. The latter half of the movie didn't live up to the beginning for me. It looked like they introduced a twist to the obvious expectation, but then switched again.

I have Reviewed OVER 600 "Christmas Films, & Christmas Television Movies , & Television Specials". Please BEWARE Of films and specials with just one review! For instance When "It's a POSITIVE" chances are that the reviewer was involved with the production. "If its Negative" then they may have a grudge against the film for whatever reason. I am fare. I am on a mission to watch every Christmas Movie ever produced. Since 2014 I average 100 per year. Katie, a former professional ice skater (Patterson), is hired by the king of San Senova, Alexander, to help his daughter in a Christmas ice skating performance. As Katie spends time in the castle and with the king, she and Alex begin to develop feelings for each other and ultimately fall in love. But will the tradition-loving people of San Senova allow their king to make a foreigner their queen?

In this film there is many love stories and fabulous sets. However there is nothing real special about this film. Its not a band little film but hey it has some moments

There was something so different in this Hallmark film than in any other. The acting wasn't over the top and the romance didn't appear forced or random or awkward at all. The characters were all really likeable and genuine. Even the moody royal stereotype was portrayed in a way that made you like him not think "oh here's another tv royal guy". The direction given to the characters on their behavior was just real and relatable. I thoroughly enjoyed this film and hope Hallmark makes more with this direction.

Even though this was the typical Christmas live story, I still enjoyed it. The characters were all very likable. It wasn't overly cheesy. Only fault I had was whoever did the king's makeup, did an awful job. First time I've ever really noticed something like that.

Could this movie be anymore Hallmark cookie cutter? No, it could not. All of the characters came out of the Hallmark hero and heroine, best friend, child template without a bit of alteration. There was not an original second in the whole movie. What gave it a 4? The Prince was very handsome. The princess was a beautiful child. Merritt Paterson was not annoying and was age appropriate for her character, though she was too heavily made up. The setting was pretty. That's all. Hallmark needs to find a new gimmick. I'm sick and tired of the commoner and the royal fall in love trope.

All the characters conquer their fears and along the way enjoying the holidays. It is an up and down set of challenges revolving around a skater and a crown prince. Toss in some great friends and the king's 10 year old daughter for smiles, you have a good Hallmark movie. I give this movie 8 out of 10 cups of hot cocoa-with lots of marshmallows.

Normally Hallmark's focus on Royal Christmases includes an idealistic over-the-top heroine, a stiff upper lip hero, a lot of unnecessary elitism and a heroine abandoning her career for love.

Luckily, this does not adhere to the old template. Instead of just one heroine we get two. Plus, we don't get the standard all or nothing plotline. All of the characters have realistic relationship discussions and the heroines choose what is best for them not their love interests.

Also, great job with European casting. When selecting faux-English royalty, Hallmark rarely chooses actors that are believably posh or have believable accents. Luckily, this time around, from the daughter, to the aunt, to the Prince himself, I absolutely believed all were upper crust.

And, as a bonus the prince and his aide were both very easy on the eyes. Double bonus, the writers created a credible child character and not a cardboard cutout.

Overall, I enjoyed the directing and the writing. The plot took time for relationship building, but didn't drag out scenes (there were some really nice very intimate moments). Also, it avoided the usual European royal meets common American stereotype with a mean bullying mother.

I'd recommend this for any anglophile who is also a Hallmark fan.

Great news! If you crave movie clichés about Christmas, about royalty, or about stuffy Europeans and free-spirited Americans then you only need to watch one movie this year! Better news! Take the phrases "Christmas at the Palace", "skating pageant" and "single-parent king" and now you don't even have to watch that movie, 'cos you know every single thing which is going to happen. We know that Christmas movies will demand a wide-eyed acceptance from the audience - of course they will - but other ones made a modicum of effort to earn this. Here they put the keywords into the slot, pushed the button and accepted unaltered the story and dialogue which fell out the other end. Actual dialogue: Cardboard cut-out king: "What are you watching?" Princess: "Christmas movie." Cardboard cut-out king: "Well, we both know how that's going to end!" Yes, yes we do. But this is not witty self-awareness: it is an admission of the film makers' laziness. There were positives: young India Fowler as Princess Christina (whom I hadn't seen before) is an actor, and may have a lot of potential. Okay, there was one positive. Let's be generous and assume that the people reviewing this highly are pre-teens who haven't seen a Christmas romance movie before, and say no more about it.

It's a pretty good movie which tells a story with an interesting premise during the winter holidays. As you might expect, romance is involved but along with it comes a bit of drama from time to time, but nothing spectacular. It manages to be a good watch due to its likeable characters and charismatic actors (which do quite a good job) while providing a bit of warmth especially due to its Christmas themes. The chosen locations are very nice, well designed and presented, providing an unique setup for the events to take place.

The story on the other hand is quite linear and predictable but good enough while the ending isn't as satisfying as one would like due to its superficial nature. A bit of drama comes into action and everything seems to go into one direction, but it gets solved a couple of minutes later by a letter and a word with a friend; fact which is repeated many time throughout the movie. Another aspect worth mentioning is the fact that there is no antagonist-like character, someone which might have something to say against the ongoing events, just to spice things up a bit. The characters do their chores apparently without disruption and this leads to a linearity which is quite hard to ignore. I would have preferred a bit more drama, a twist of events, something which might have taken the story, even briefly, into another direction, out of its stereotypical nature.

Overall, it's a mix of romance and joy with too little drama to make it truly emotional, but you might find it good for spending some time with your family, especially in winter. It had a good idea and a good setup but the implementation left quite a lot to be desired.

6/10 - ails in comparison to the other royal Christmas flicks

7.4 stars.

But for the performances of the 7 main actors, this movie would fall flat like a house of cards. The romances are very nice, the chemistry is present, the interactions are sweet. I really enjoyed the portrayals that each of our characters put forth. The story is perfect for about the first half, and then it slowly begins to implode. For some strange reason the writing did not continue to invent new and workable plot lines, instead we are left with something I can only describe as a means to an end. In this case, however, the ends do not justify the means.

Had this film kept a full head of steam, I imagine I'd be scoring it somewhere in the ballpark of 8.4, but once I realized we were dealing with an overtaxed storyline and lack of inspiration, I could only hope there was enough momentum to cross the finish line. To my horror I felt like a naked person in a bath house without a towel or change of clothes.

Due to my love for the cast and their acting skills and potentially cosmic charm, I will make it a point to rewatch this once I muster the courage. Maybe it's just my mood, a man can dream.

The main problem with this film was the assamption that every prince has to be coming from Europe and having a british accent. The story was cliche and predictable, but at least, the daughter was pretty adorable.

What a great storyline, acting, flow, and romance. Just a great movie that gives me pure happiness!!!

Cute but there is nothing special about this royal Christmas movie. It doesn't help Merrit Patterson once again plays a woman who gets involved with a Royal as she did in A Royal Winter and the TV series The Royals.

First time I have seen Merritt Patterson and what a bright spot she was. She was in two movies in 2017 A ROYAL WINTER and THE CHRISTMAS COTTAGE. I will watch these other movies. She could be the 3rd sister in a movie with Amber Marshall (Heartland) and Megan Parks. Andrew Cooper as the king was OK, but I think less screen time would have been better. Loved the beginning scenes where she didn't know he was the king and he didn't tell her. Loved him having the name the Grinch King. What is not to love about this movie. It falls short of excellence. Maybe more of an emotional tie between her and the princess. Maybe some more realistic figure skating. Brittany Bristow did do a pretty good spiral. Hope Merritt makes more Christmas movies.

If you liked A Royal Christmas, you'll probably like Christmas at the Palace. Once again, a common American gets brought to a beautiful castle and gets a prince to loosen up as he falls in love. I'm not really a "true love conquers all" person, so I don't agree with the message that a royal prince should become less classy and ditch the rules because of a pretty face. At Hallmark, you can rest assured the characters will get a happy ending-but if you're like me, you won't necessarily be happy as well.

Merritt Patterson is a former ice skater, and Andrew Cooper's daughter wants to learn to ice skate for a royal Christmas performance. Naturally, there are no classier ice skaters or women with more dignitary experience available, so off she goes to the beautiful castle. She shakes things up, teaches his daughter that feelings are more important than rules, and turns Andrew's head. He's a real cutie, like Hallmark's version of Eddie Redmayne, so you might want to check this one out for the eye candy.

I have seen a great many Hallmark movies & have never seen ANY of the actors in this film in anything else.

This is like the other christmas/Palace type movies where the girl ends up with the prince/King but I always watch them and enjoy them.

This was a good movie and i watched it as part of my Christmas movies before Christmas day challenge which is now on 17 out of 100.

Would I watch it again? Yeah. It was nice.

It's exactly what is claims to be. A Hallmark Christmas movie in which a widowed king and his adorable (although slightly older than the usual) daughter fall in love with the American peasant. There is so, so much wrong with this whole concept, but it is cliche only because it is a popular enough concept to grab casual viewers of the genre.

That said, it's just okay. Neither bad nor good, although there are some surprisingly passionate opinions on both sides in the reviews. That surprised me, because this movie does absolutely nothing to make it so exciting. But it also doesn't make me want to throw things. And it's pleasant enough to look at and listen to (in the background) that it can be on while the family is doing other things like cooking, cleaning, or conversing.

Not good. But also not bad.