Christmas at the Palace

Christmas at the Palace follows Katie, a former professional ice skater who now stages ice shows with her friend Jessica. King Alexander of the fictional kingdom of San Senova hires her to prepare his young daughter, Princess Christina, for a Christmas skating performance. While Katie stays at the castle and works with the princess, she and Alexander grow close, and their feelings for each other become mutual. The romance faces a complication: San Senova's tradition-minded subjects are reluctant to accept a foreign woman as their queen.

The film is a television romance directed by Peter Hewitt, working from a screenplay by Rick Garman and Joie Botkin, with Linda L. Miller producing. It is Hewitt's ninth feature, arriving after Home Alone: The Holiday Heist and following a run of films that began with Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey in 1991. Merritt Patterson plays Katie and Andrew Cooper plays King Alexander, with Brittany Bristow as Jessica, Nicholas Banks as Nicholas, Geraldine Fitzgerald as Aunt Patricia and India Fowler as Princess Christina. It was made in Romania and the United States.

Released in November 2018, the film runs 90 minutes and holds a rating of 6.4 out of 10 on IMDb from around 2,800 votes, with the same average on TMDB from roughly 122 votes. The two audiences agree closely, indicating a modest but fairly consistent response to the romance.