SummaryPhiladelphia seamstress Emily Corrigan (Lacey Chabert) learns her boyfriend Leo is actually a Prince (Stephen Hagan) of Cordinia and they travel to his birthplace to meet his mother, Queen Isadora (Jane Seymour) over the Christmas holiday.
SummaryPhiladelphia seamstress Emily Corrigan (Lacey Chabert) learns her boyfriend Leo is actually a Prince (Stephen Hagan) of Cordinia and they travel to his birthplace to meet his mother, Queen Isadora (Jane Seymour) over the Christmas holiday.
A Royal Christmas hits all the notes it should in a diverting way: there's an obligatory ball preparation montage, Emily learning how to waltz thanks to Victor, as well as a show-stopping staircase descent. Lessons are learned, snow falls, and love prevails.
Among Hallmark’s 12 new holiday movies this year, A Royal Christmas may not be the brightest bulb on the tree, if only because the story is so underpowered by original ideas.