Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
A year after Amber helped Richard secure the crown. The two are set to tie the knot in a royal Christmas wedding — but their plans are jeopardized when Amber finds herself second-guessing whether or not she's cut out to be queen, and Richard is faced with a political crisis that threatens to tarnish not only the holiday season but the future of the kingdom.
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding is a formulaic Netflix holiday sequel that retreads familiar ground from its predecessor with minimal creative ambition. The plot recycles standard fish-out-of-water royal romance tropes with added wedding jitters and a convenient political subplot that resolves predictably. Acting is serviceable but unremarkable for the TV movie format. Cinematography is competent but generic, featuring typical festive set dressing without distinctive visual flair. Novelty scores very low as this is a by-the-numbers sequel that adds little new to either the royal romance or Christmas movie genres. The ending delivers the expected feel-good resolution that fans of the genre will find satisfying, earning a slight bump for executing its crowd-pleasing function effectively.