Princess Diana's inner circle on Spencer: "She'd be horrified at the way she's portrayed now"
👑 "As with all things Diana, critics, fans and friends are divided on yet another portrayal of her."
@BethanHolt spoke to the late Princess's inner circle about Pablo Larraín's new biopic, Spencer
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- The Telegraph (@Telegraph) October 24, 2021
Princess Diana's friends are pretty ticked about the new Kristen Stewart film Spencer, about a weepy, sad Princess Diana near the end of her marriage to Prince Charles. The film joins the latest in recent media and tiktok youngins who insist on portraying Princess Diana as a weeping victim.
Spencer portrays scenes of Diana battling bulimia and self-harm (some in front of son Prince William). Both undoubtedly happened but by this point in her life she is thought to have mostly conquered those demons, with the help of therapy.
Ingrid Seward, who knew personally and wrote extensively on Diana: "She was pretty miserable and she wasn’t speaking to Charles, but she wasn’t cutting herself at that stage. They’ve piled every bad thing into one weekend which is taking poetic licence a little far...I don’t think Diana saw herself as a victim at all. She was very funny about it all, that’s how she dealt with life - she was either crying or laughing."
Hairdresser Sam McKnight, who gave Diana her iconic short hair and was her friend until her death: "[I don't] watch these shows, because I’d only pay attention to the flaws...She was charming, funny and really normal - that was a huge part of her attraction."
Makeup artist Mary Greenwell: "Everyone calls [the famous LBD] her revenge dress but it’s absolute rubbish. She just wasn’t that sort of person. She simply wanted to look great and had this incredible body to show off in a great dress, that was it."
Seward: "She would not want to be remembered as someone who was destructive towards the monarchy. She said to me that the monarchy was her sons’ future so she would never try to destroy it. She would be very sad that people think she and Charles never loved each other, that wasn’t true. She’d be horrified at the way she’s portrayed now."
Greenwell: "She’s now seen as this kind of martyr, which I think is wrong. She did amazing things, but she’s misunderstood. All I’d say is that the portrayals you see now are not the best way to understand her. She wouldn’t want to be on this pedestal with all this glory and fame."
As the article puts it: But is this really how we should remember a woman who, after all, campaigned for causes close to her heart, brought joy to the people she met and established herself as a style icon like no other? Doesn’t she deserve to be portrayed as far more than someone who was too scared to go down to dinner with the in-laws?
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