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.

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.

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