A Princess for Christmas - Hallmark Channel

MOVIE REVIEW

A Princess for Christmas

Also called: Christmas At Castlebury Hall

Network: Hallmark Channel

Original Air Date: December 3, 2011

CAST:

Roger Moore ... Edward, Duke of Castlebury

Katie McGrath ... Jules Daly

Charlotte Salt ... Lady Arabella Marchand du Belmont

Sam Heughan ... Ashton Prince of Castlebury
Travis Turner ... Milo Huntington
Miles Richardson ... Paisley Winterbottom

Constantin Florescu ... Priest

Alin Olteanu ... Floyd

Florin Busuioc ... Duke of Belmont

Leilah de Meza ... Maddie Huntington
Razvan Oprea ... Lord Thomas Belmont
Oxana Moravec ... Mrs. Birch
Marioara Sterian ... Duchess of Belmont
Maria Junghetu ... Mrs. Kelly
Tristam Thomas ... Bob

PLOT:

At the invitation of an estranged relative (her grandfather) , a young woman travels with her niece and nephew to a castle in Europe for Christmas, where she unwittingly falls for a dashing Prince.

In "A Princess for Christmas," McGrath plays Jules Daly, a frenetic twenty-something who becomes guardian to her young niece Maddie (De Meza) and nephew Milo (Turner) when her sister and brother-in-law are tragically killed in an accident. While balancing the daily hysteria of becoming an overnight parent, Jules was recently laid off at work, her car is on the fritz, and the kids' shenanigans have caused a dozen nannies to flee like vampires before garlic. When an ominous knock on the door comes late one evening, Jules wonders, what now? At the door is Paisley Winterbottom (Miles Richardson, "Midsomer Murders"), a proper English butler, with a most curious invitation: a Christmas holiday with grandfather, Edward (Moore), the Duke of Castlebury Hall, who was absent from the kids' lives, but wants to reconnect out of love for his late son. Jules initially wants to decline the trip, though she and the kids eventually travel to Castlebury to meet the Duke. On more than one occasion, Jules feels woefully common trying to blend in with her late brother-in-law's ostentatious family. Eventually, however, even with missteps and mistakes, a mystical influence begins to fall over the family, like the comfort of a dusting of snow over the quiet countryside. This Christmas, the family won't lament what has been lost, but will celebrate all that has been found!

"A Princess for Christmas" is a Motion Picture Corporation of America Production. Brad Krevoy, Francisco J. Gonzolez and Reuben Liber are executive producers. Michael Damian and Janeen Damian are producers as well as script co-writers. Michael Damian also directed.