A Royal Date for Christmas

Published 2024-12-20

Film info

Title A Royal Date for Christmas
Director Bradley Walsh
Year 2023
Run time 1hr 24m
Genres Romance, Comedy
Tagline One day, your prince will come

Bella Sparks, owner of Bella’s Boutique, takes on a demanding new client named Stefan, who needs to be outfitted for a week of high-stakes meetings and events after his luggage goes missing. Imagine Bella’s reaction when she accidentally discovers Stefan is actually Stefan William Francis Brown, the Duke of Tangford.

Live blog

Time	Comment
0:22	Why do all shop signs in these movies look SO fake? A bit of effort, people.
3:56	“A sleep garment.” A what now?
9:21	I love it when the friend conspires to set the main characters up. With that cute little smug smile on their face.
14:12	Just noting down ‘Duke of Tangford’ for future NCU World Maps.
16:57	How can she possibly know they need an act of parliament to get rid of a Duke? I barely even know what a Duke is.
23:07	“Better not to have it at all than risk looking unpopular.”
31:57	Interesting that the word ‘famous’ can mean different things depending on your perspective.
42:56	“I don’t know if this was a good decision… but it seemed like the right thing to do.” That kind of answers the question.
45:27	It’s not a coincidence that she only wears red and green, is it?
51:37	Incredible dove impression!
1:03:24	What the hell is eggnog cake?
1:18:14	Misunderstandings ahoy.
1:20:32	“It’s in the real news, not just the tabloids.”

Thoughts

I was expecting the worst - these movies are ten a penny, right, Christmas, royalty, romance, etc. But I quite liked it, it was cute. Danica McKellar was pretty good, considering what she had to work with, and the wooden boring-ness of the guy kinda worked in his role as stiff-upper-lip British royalty. Even though it's not exactly an everyday occurrence, it was at least a believable plot and a happy ending.

Rating: 2 / 5