Pablo Laraine’s film SpencerKristen Stewart (Kristen Stewart) plays Princess Diana, portraying royal Christmas as a twisted fairy tale.
The tropes of horror movies are everywhere, including the hallucinations of dead queens, collapsed stairs in abandoned buildings, and creepy scarecrows. At the same time, every move of the unfortunate princess was watched disapprovingly by the staff of Sandringham. Elizabeth IINorfolk Manor.
The title card at the beginning of the film describes it as “an allegory from a true tragedy,” but many of the scenes seem to be based on Diana’s own first-person narrative of the royal family’s life.
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Princess Diana’s bulimia
In the movie, Prince Charles (Jack Fashin) tells his wife not to bring her meal back because of the hard work of laying eggs.
The future king said: “They all worked so hard to deliver breakfast to you. Please don’t pour all breakfast into the toilet before the church bell rings.”
Later in the movie, Diana said that she didn’t eat dessert for dinner and added: “In any case, it will only be wasted on me.”
This echoes Princess Diana’s accusation that members of the royal family accused her of wasting food, which was her famous name in 1995. British Broadcasting Corporation panoramic interview.
She told reporter Martin Bashir: “You have to know that when you have bulimia, you will be ashamed of yourself, you will hate yourself, so-people think you are wasting food-so you will not be with People discuss it.”
She added: “Well, it’s just,’Do I think you will waste that food in the future?’ This is stress in itself. Of course I will, because this is my pressure relief valve.”
However, an investigation by the BBC found that Bashir’s interview was censored. panoramic The team forged documents to gain Diana’s trust.
Prince William said in an interview this year Contains false statements And it should not be broadcast again.
Princess Diana talks about royal rules
Stewart’s Diana is depicted as wings cut off by Sandringham’s staff, especially the fictional equestrian Major Alistair Gregory (played by Timothy Spoel).
Clothes were selected for her, she was ordered not to be late, and she was told to take off her clothes with the curtains open. She was also dissatisfied with her son William being forced to shoot a pheasant.
Diana told Bashir: “I want to be the queen of people’s hearts, in people’s hearts, but I don’t think of myself as the queen of this country. I don’t think many people would want me to be a queen.
“Actually, when I say a lot of people, I am referring to the institution where I am married, because they have determined that I am not a beginner.”
She added: “Because I do things differently, because I don’t follow the rule book, because I lead from my heart, not my head. Although it makes me trouble at work, I understand this. But Someone must go out, love someone, and show it.”
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Princess Diana at Sandringham
Princess Diana told the biographer Andrew Morton how she felt about Christmas in Sandringham in a tape that was secretly taken out of Kensington Palace through a friend.
Morton’s updated book includes a complete transcript of the tape. Diana said: “This is very worrying. I know I paid, but I don’t remember being the recipient. [of Christmas presents].
“Isn’t that bad? I make all the gifts and Charles signs the card. [It was] It’s terrible and disappointing.
“There is no boisterous behavior, a lot of nervousness, stupid behavior, stupid jokes that outsiders will find strange but insiders understand. I must be [an outsider].”
Self-harm
In the film, Princess Diana is depicted as using a set of wire cutters to self-mutilate. The scene was shocking, but it was consistent with her real experience.
In Morton’s tape, Diana described how she wanted to talk to Charles about “something”, but felt ignored.
She said: “He didn’t listen to me, he said I was crying wolf. So, I took his knife from his dressing table and severely scratched my chest and two thighs.”
“There is a lot of blood, he has no response.”
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‘I just need you’
The last scene of the movie shows Diana driving Prince William with Prince Harry Stay away from Sandringham.
The song “All I Need is a Miracle” by Mike & the Mechanics played on the car radio, including the chorus “All I Need is You”.
The lyrics reflect Diana’s comments on the BBC. She said that after separating from Charles, she did not feel alone because she had a son.
When asked if she lives alone, Diana replied: “Yes, actually I don’t mind. You know, people think that, after all, men are the only answer. Actually, a fulfilling job is for me. better.”
She added: “No, I am not alone. I have good friends, I have my boy, and I have my job.”
Spencer It was released in theaters on November 5.
