How does Spencer end?

Spencer is a story of liberation
The ending, which shows a fully liberated Diana, pays off how the film before shows her so desperately wanting to return to her old self (the red coat). The title of the film, "Spencer," also secretly hints at this ending, as Spencer is Diana's birth name.
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Is the end of Spencer true?

Spencer ends in a way that certainly gives a little bit of happiness back to Princess Diana following the emotional turmoil she was feeling throughout. While Spencer is not 100 percent factual, the film does draw from certain real-life experiences.
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Does the movie Spencer show Diana's death?

While the movie will not depict the Princess's tragic death in 1997, it will portray Diana's fraying marriage and her love for her two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry. The story will also show her grappling with the tough decision to leave the royal family for good.
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Did what happened in Spencer actually happen?

While the film is inspired by real-life figures, longtime rumors and real events, it is still very much a work of fiction, anchored by Larraín's experimental direction, which includes, among other things, hallucinations and a visit from Anne Boleyn.
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Did the pheasant scene happen in Spencer?

This scene is entirely fictional and is meant to symbolize what is happening in Diana's life. She is wanting to break away from the Royal Family after being forced to digest their traditions and now her husband's cheating.
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Why does Diana wear an OPP hat in Spencer?

Near the end of the film, Diana is seen wearing a baseball cap with the letters O.P.P. This refers to the Canadian "Ontario Provincial Police". Earlier in 1991, Diana and Charles and their children enjoyed a state visit to Toronto, and Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
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Who was Major Alistair Gregory?

The stern Major Alistair Gregory, played by Timothy Spall in Spencer, didn't exist in real life. Another fabricated character is Princess Diana's friend and dresser Maggie, played by Sally Hawkins.
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Why did they sew Diana's curtains shut?

Okay, but did that curtain thing really happen? Maybe the most shocking thing Gregory does is when he instructs someone to sew Diana's curtains shut after telling her in a super-creepy aside that she needs to stop changing in front of her windows because photographers with zoom lenses could take pictures of her.
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Did they sew Diana's curtains?

Like, it appears that Diana's curtains being sewn shut is also not based on any real fact, and Diana's childhood home wasn't dilapidated like the movie makes it seem. So while it's a nice twist at the end of the movie, there's no proof it really happened IRL.
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Did Charles give Diana and Camilla the same pearls?

In Spencer, Diana is horrified (though seemingly unsurprised) to discover her husband gave her the same pearl necklace he gave to his then-mistress, Camilla Parker-Bowles. There's no evidence to suggest this gift-giving snafu ever happened (or that she ate them at the dinner table).
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Is Spencer movie sad?

Spencer is Hauntingly Sad – On the Screen Reviews.
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Is Maggie in love with Diana?

Late in the film, Diana is overjoyed when her royal dresser from the beginning of the film, Sally Hawkins' Maggie, comes back to be by her side after she was previously replaced during the holidays. As the pair sit together on the beach, Maggie declares that she's actually in love with Diana (yes, in that way).
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Was Spencer based on a true story?

Pablo Larraín's retelling of Christmas with the royal family has been described as a “fable from a true story”. By: Kim Bond.
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Did Diana take her sons KFC?

In a recent interview with The Daily Mirror, Stewart reflected on one of Spencer's final scenes, which shows Diana leaving Sandringham and taking William and Harry to a British branch of KFC.
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Did Diana stop Boxing Day shooting?

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Now, there's no proof that Diana wandered out into the field to stop the shooting—and the allegory here was definitely Larraín's point rather than any sort of factual accuracy—but there is some truth in the whole debacle.
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What is the weighing thing in Spencer?

In Spencer, guests were expected to gain at least three pounds to prove to their family members that they had indulged and enjoyed themselves during the holidays. While we can assume that this tradition is still followed, it's unclear whether Queen Elizabeth II is actually looking for an exact measure on the scale.
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Is Spencer a ghost story?

Spencer Is A Ghost Story Centered Around An Unstable Woman Who Isn't A Ghost. Throughout the course of Pablo Larraín's eerie, exquisite Spencer, you often feel as though you are watching a looming specter that's walking amongst the living.
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Was Maggie a real character in Spencer?

Is Sally Hawkins' character Maggie a real person? The character of Maggie in Spencer, and the profession of her love for Diana on the beach scene, are fictional. However, Diana was allegedly very close to her real life dresser Fay Appleby – who travelled and dressed Diana for six years and the two were good friends.
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Was Diana maid in love with her?

But it doesn't appear that any of them were in love with her. The Maggie character seems not necessarily based on a real person but based on a job that did exist within the royal family. Appleby was married to a man, FWIW, and there's no proof that any of Diana's maids ever confessed that they loved her.
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How is Princess Diana related to Anne Boleyn?

Anne Boleyn and Diana Spencer came from families with a tradition of service to the Crown, and both were from the aristocracy – Diana was an earl's daughter, Anne was the Duke of Norfolk's niece.
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What were Diana's last words?

The firefighter on the scene of Princess Diana's accident revealed the last words she spoke before her death in an interview with The Independent. According to the firefighter, Xavier Gourmelon, the Princess of Wales asked: “My God, what has happened?”
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Is Diana and Roma twins?

So just who is Diana? Well she's originally from the Ukraine but now lives in the US with her brother Roma, 8, star of his own successful YouTube show Kids Roma Show, along with parents Olena and Volodymyr who don't use their surname for privacy reasons.
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Who inherited Princess Diana's jewelry?

After Diana's tragic death at the age of 36 in a 1997 Paris car crash, her jewelry was inherited by her two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry. The glittering pieces collected by Diana throughout her married life held enormous sentimental value to both the princess and the princes.
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Does Camilla wear the queen's jewelry?

Duchess Camilla often wears jewellery that once belonged to Prince Charles's beloved grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and were moved to the Royal Collection after the royal's death in 2002. Scroll down to see the beautiful royal jewels that Camilla has worn over the years!
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Who has most of Diana's jewelry?

At formal occasions, such as banquets, the Princess normally wore jewellery lent to her by the Queen, who owns more than 300 items of jewellery. Upon the marriage of Diana's sons, their wives, Catherine and Meghan, have worn various pieces from her collection.
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