Although it offers a dungeon, a curse and a shocking theft, this flat, anodyne movie is unlikely to join the pantheon of holiday classics, so keep a rein on your expectations and accept that you'll need something more to salvage the evening.

It's a fun one, good to go.

...this film is not worth the time spent watching it. I am Marley's ghost, and you have been warned.

The comfort and enjoyment of watching the Christmas Prince franchise isn't in the romance or the monarchy porn. It's in the knowledge that everything will work out in the end.