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    Dec 30, 2021 6 minutes
    Reviews by Martyn Conterio, Catherine Curzon, Jonathan Gordon

    SPENCER

    Princess Diana endures the Christmas from hell with the Windsors

    Certificate: 12A Director: Pablo Larrain Cast: Kristen Stewart, Timothy Spall, Sally Hawkins Released: Out now

    Pablo Larrain’s Spencer sets out its unusual modus operandi with a bit of introductory text stating what we’re about to see is “fable from a true tragedy”. A suitably fairy tale-style beginning, or is it a caution? For those going in expecting a melodramatic revision on recent British history, this won’t be your cup of Earl Grey. Likewise, flag-waving patriots will be outraged by its portrayal of Queen Elizabeth and her immediate brood as remote, cold, ghost-like figures, Steven Knight’s script being an argument for republicanism if ever there was one.

    It’s Christmas, 1991. Princess Diana (Kristen Stewart) drives to Sandringham in Norfolk for the annual Windsor get-together. She gets lost on the way, perhaps deliberately, having decided to drive there alone in her Porsche. Already, in the film’s opening moments, Diana is set well apart from the Windsor clan and throughout its

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