The royal family will ‘not like’ the upcoming Princess Diana’s upcoming biopic starring Kristen Stewart, an expert has claimed.
Robert Jobson, a royal biographer who knew the late Princess’ ‘well’ said that it was ‘inevitable’ The Firm won’t enjoy the picture ‘at all’.
The film, directed by Pablo Larraín and written by Steven Knight, will focus on a ‘pivotal’ weekend at Sandringham and also stars Timothy Spall, Sally Hawkins and Sean Harris.
‘I knew her as a person, it’s inevitable that the royals won’t like the biopic at all,’ Jobson, who has written multiple books about the royal, told Us Weekly.
‘They won’t like it, but they would have expected it. It is the truth, I think the most important thing is how well the actress can interpret the role. We’ll have to wait and see on that.
The royal family will ‘not like’ the upcoming Princess Diana’s upcoming biopic starring Kristen Stewart, an expert has claimed. Robert Jobson, a royal biographer who knew the late Princess’ ‘well’ said that it was ‘inevitable’ The Firm won’t enjoy the picture ‘at all’. Kristen Stewart is pictured in the role
In June last year it was revealed that the Twilight actress, 30, would depict the late royal in a film which dramatises a ‘critical’ few days at the Norfolk estate in the early 1990s, when Diana decided that her marriage to Prince Charles wasn’t working.
It follows the moments in which the Princess of Wales realised she ‘needed to veer from a path that put her in line to one day be queen’, and is said to take place during one of Diana’s final Christmases at the House of Windsor in Sandringham.
Jobson added that the photographs of Stewart looked ‘remarkably like Diana’ and ‘uncanny’.
‘I think what’s more important is the authenticity of the portrayal, and we’ll have to see how that develops because my understanding is it’s going to be a good script and it’s going to be a good premise, but it might not necessarily have actually happened in the way they’re saying,’ he continued.
In June last year it was revealed that the Twilight actress, 30, would depict the late royal in a film which dramatises a ‘critical’ few days at the Norfolk estate in the early 1990s, when Diana decided that her marriage to Prince Charles wasn’t working. Princess Diana is pictured in the 1990s
It comes as new accuracy row has broken out over the upcoming film with royal experts branding it inaccurate because it’s set on a weekend at Sandringham which never happened.
According to Jobson and fellow biographer Ingrid Seward, Diana had stopped visiting the estate before the period in which the drama is set.
Robert added that Diana had already made the decision regarding her marriage ‘years before’, while Ingrid pointed out that the princess ‘never wanted a divorce’.
It comes as new accuracy row has broken out over the upcoming film with royal experts branding it inaccurate because it’s set on a weekend at Sandringham which never happened. Princess Diana and Prince Harry are pictured
It follows widespread criticism of Netflix drama The Crown, which saw politicians, experts and friends of the Royal Family call for a disclaimer to warn viewers that the show twists the truth. Friends of close senior royals including Prince Charles even went so far as to accuse it of ‘trolling on a Hollywood budget’.
Speaking on True Royalty TV ‘s The Royal Beat, Robert said: ‘I don’t even think she was there that weekend. She wasn’t even at Sandringham, on this supposed weekend.
‘The film will suggest this is where the decision was made to divorce, but she never made that decision. I didn’t think she was at Sandringham after 1990 and this was set in 1991.’
Kristen, 30, left, said she hasn’t been excited about a role in a long time ahead of her portrayal of Princess Diana (right in 1994)
Ingrid added: ‘The film is based on three days at Sandringham, and the period that it is based on, Diana wasn’t going to Sandringham anymore.
‘It’s probably going to just play up what life was like at Sandringham, which would be quite interesting for a lot of people to see. It has a good setting.’
The screenplay of Spencer was written by Steven Knight, who worked on Peaky Blinders, so Robert predicted the film will be ‘explosive and rock n roll’.
Like The Crown, the latest series of which was branded a ‘spiteful attack on the Royal Family by making them look like inept idiots’ by Angela Levin, author of Harry: Biography of a Prince, Robert suggested this film will also mix fact with fiction.
‘I think it’s a shame because there’s so much out there that we know that is true, but then again they need that scope to be able to do a fictional drama like this,’ he said.
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