Royal Christmas Movies are that one genre of holiday movies that always sway us to the dreamy fairy tale life, we all have daydreamed about once. Although such scenarios are very rare to come true, we can still live them vicariously through our screens by watching these rom-coms and heartwarming drama movies.
10 Royal Christmas Movies to Watch
The Princess Switch
Starring Vanessa Hudgens in a double role, the movie takes place one week before Christmas. Margaret, the gorgeous Duchess of Montenaro, switches places with Stacy, a commoner from Chicago, who looks exactly like her. With the assistance of a magical Santa helper, Margaret falls in love with Stacy’s handsome co-worker, while Stacy falls in love with Margaret’s fiance, the dashing Prince.
There are 2 more flicks in this franchise, The Princess Switch: Switched Again and The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star. All the movies are available to watch on Netflix.
A Prince for Christmas
In this movie, a prince from Europe meets a charming waitress when he travels to America during the Christmas holiday to escape an arranged marriage. Starring Viva Bianca as Emma and Kirk Barker as Prince Duncan, it is complemented by many viewers for the beautiful visuals which were shot in East Aurora.
You can watch this movie on Amazon Prime Video.
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A Christmas Prince
When a reporter goes undercover as a tutor to get the inside scoop on a playboy prince, she gets tangled in some royal intrigue and ends up finding love – but will she be able to keep up her lie? Starring Rose McIver, Ben Lamb, Alice Krige and Honor Kneafsey, this movie also has two sequels titled A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding and A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby.
You can watch this movie and its sequels on Netflix.
The Prince and Me
The Prince & Me is a 2004 romantic comedy film directed by Martha Coolidge and starring Julia Stiles as Paige Morgan, Luke Mably as Edvard and Ben Miller, with Miranda Richardson and others. At college, Paige meets Eddie, a student from Denmark, who proves to be Crown Prince Edvard.
She is shocked to learn that the guy she’s fallen for is actually a prince, and things are complicated further when the king abdicates – forcing her new love to take to the throne. Now Paige faces a gruelling decision; follow her career or her heart. She follows him to Copenhagen then he follows her back to school with a plan.
There are 3 more sequels in the franchise with Kam Heskin replacing Julia Stiles in the role of Paige – The Prince & Me 2: The Royal Wedding (2006), The Prince & Me: A Royal Honeymoon (2008), and The Prince & Me: The Elephant Adventure (2010). Catch this movie on Amazon Prime Video.
Crown for Christmas
After getting fired from her job as a maid at a ritzy New York City hotel, Allie reluctantly accepts a temp gig as the governess to a young girl who is part of a powerful family in Europe that lives in an actual castle. After arriving, Allie learns the girl is named Princess Theodora and her father is Maximillian, the King of Winshire.
The King informs Allie that the Princess has a tendency to terrorize authority figures, a predilection that has grown worse since her mother’s death. Yet governess and Princess wind up hitting it off while at the same time a spark forms between Allie and Max. However, Countess Celia is expecting to wed the King. Will Max take a stand for his feelings for Allie and make it truly a merry Christmas for all?
Starring Danica McKellar as Allie Evans, Rupert Penry-Jones as King Maximillian and Ellie Botterill as Princess Theodora, you can watch this movie on Amazon Prime Video.
A Royal Winter
While on a last-minute European holiday, a young woman finds herself in the middle of a real-life fairy tale when a chance meeting with a handsome local leads to something more. However, things get complicated when she learns that the ‘local’ is actually a prince who is about to be crowned King, and whose mother is dead-set against her royal son’s romance with the tourist.
Starring Merritt Patterson, Jack Donnelly and Samantha Bond, you can watch this movie on Apple TV+.
Royal Hearts
Royal Hearts is not exactly a Christmas-themed movie but a fun and heartwarming one that shouldn’t be missed. The story follows Kelly, a hopeless romantic in Montana eager to finish her dissertation, and her father, Hank, a rancher, receives news that he has inherited an estate from a faraway land.
When they travel there, they discover that Hank has not only inherited the estate but the title that goes along with it – KING! It stars James Brolin as Hank Pavlik, Cindy Busby as Kelly Pavlik, and Andrew Cooper as Alex, Kelly’s love interest. Watch it on Amazon Prime Video.
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One Royal Holiday
Usually, we see our leads getting a royal experience for the first time, but what would happen if the situation is reversed? When Anna (Laura Osnes) offers a stranded mother (Victoria Clark) and son (Aaron Tveit) shelter in a blizzard, she learns that they are the Royal Family of Galwick. Anna shows the Prince how they do Christmas in her hometown, encouraging him to open his heart and be true to himself.
Watch this movie on Amazon Prime Video.
Picture Perfect Royal Christmas
In the movie, Amanda is the assistant to a famous photographer. Her boss receives an invitation to photograph the Christmas festivities in the Kingdom of Pantrea but instead, Amanda goes posing as her. She soon falls for Prince Leopold, despite not being royalty and the person that she claims to be.
Directed by Todor Chapkanov, it stars Roxanne McKee, David Witts, Sophie Ward, James Weber Brown, Sophie Vavasseur and others. Watch this movie on Apple TV+.
Inventing the Christmas Prince
Taking a step back from the pauper meets Royal experience, in this movie, Shelby is about to quit her job as a rocket engineer when her daughter becomes convinced that her Scrooge-like boss, Evan, is the Christmas Prince; a story Shelby invented years ago. Starring Tamera Mowry-Housley as Shelby and Ronnie Rowe Jr as Evan.
Watch this movie on Amazon Prime Video.
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