History Film / Spencer

* NiceToTheWaiter: Zig-zagged by Diana. She's portrayed as being warm and friendly towards some of the staff, such as Maggie and Darren, but to others (primarily the ones who are clearly sided with the royals) she's quite cold and snippy.

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The film depicts a ''very'' biased portrayal of the British royal family due to the story being told almost entirely from Diana's perspective. Not once does she seek any sympathy from anyone besides her sons and her conversations with Charles and the Queen are that of supreme indifference. Prince Phillip and Princess Sarah (who was also going through some marital troubles of her own with Prince Andrew due to his commitments as a naval officer) were reportedly soft with Diana and she was also a fun aunt to her nieces and nephews from the Windsor side of the family.

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The film depicts a ''very'' biased portrayal of Royal Family due to the story being told almost entirely from Diana's perspective. Not once does she seek any sympathy from anyone besides her sons and her conversations with Charles and the Queen are that of supreme indifference. Prince Phillip and Princess Sarah (who was also going through some marital troubles of her own with Prince Andrew due to his commitments as a naval officer) were reportedly soft with Diana and she was also a fun aunt to her nieces and nephews from the Windsor side of the family.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Diana bluntly tells Maria to leave her so she can masturbate.

''Spencer'' is a 2021 {{biopic}} drama film directed by Pablo Larraín (who made another biopic of a beloved and highly publicized woman from TheTwentiethCentury, ''Film/{{Jackie}}'') and written by Steven Knight.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Diana connects herself to Anne Boleyn, mentioning that Boleyn was executed by her husband for her (alleged) infidelities; this may be an allusion to the conspiracy theory that the royal family arranged Diana's death.

It stars Creator/KristenStewart as Diana, Creator/TimothySpall as Equerry Major Alistair Gregory, Creator/JackFarthing as Prince Charles, Creator/SeanHarris as Royal Head Chef Darren [=McGrady=], Creator/SallyHawkins as the Royal Dresser Maggie, Creator/JackNielen as Prince William, Creator/FreddieSpry as Prince Harry, Creator/StellaGonet as [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen Queen Elizabeth II]] and Creator/RichardSammel as Prince Philip.

In December 1991, the marriage of [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor Diana, née Spencer, Princess of Wales]] and [[UsefulNotes/CharlesIII Prince Charles]] has long since grown cold. Though rumors of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Royal Family's Christmas festivities at Sandringham Estate, where she grew up. There's eating and drinking, shooting and hunting. Diana knows the game. But this year, things will be profoundly different. The film is an imagining of what might have happened during those few fateful days.

In December 1991, the marriage of [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWindsor Diana, Princess of Wales]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily Prince Charles]] has long since grown cold. Though rumors of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Royal Family's Christmas festivities at Sandringham Estate, where she grew up. There's eating and drinking, shooting and hunting. Diana knows the game. But this year, things will be profoundly different. The film is an imagining of what might have happened during those few fateful days.

It stars Creator/KristenStewart as Diana, Princess of Wales (née Spencer), Creator/TimothySpall as Equerry Major Alistair Gregory, Creator/JackFarthing as Prince Charles, Creator/SeanHarris as Royal Head Chef Darren [=McGrady=], Creator/SallyHawkins as the Royal Dresser Maggie, Creator/JackNielen as Prince William, Creator/FreddieSpry as Prince Harry, Creator/StellaGonet as [[UsefulNotes/HMTheQueen Queen Elizabeth II]] and Creator/RichardSammel as Prince Philip.

* MononymousBiopicTitle: Played with. The title is not ''Diana'', but rather her less-used surname. This is both because the film highlights her inner emotions beyond just being a princess, and because there was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_(film) already a Diana biopic]] called ''Diana''.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Diana bluntly tells Maggie to leave her so she can masturbate.

-->'''Elizabeth II''': They take a lot of photographs of you, don't they.
-->'''Diana''': Yes.
-->'''Elizabeth II''': Well, the only portrait that really matters is the one they use to put on the ten pound note. When they take that one, you understand. All you are, my dear, is currency.

* VomitDiscretionShot: The film probably breaks a record for these. Diana spends a considerable amount of the movie on the bathroom floor with her head over the toilet. Justified in that she has bulimia.

* IncompatibleOrientation: [[spoiler: At the end of the film while spending a day at the beach with the children, Diana's best friend Maggie tells her that she's in love with her. And Maggie lampshades this, acknowledging that Diana doesn't feel the same way. Maybe.]]

* AristocratsAreEvil: Downplayed, the Royal family are not portrayed as actively hostile instead they are mostly cold, indifferent and oppressive towards Diana and are continuously trying to pressure her to conform.

* AristocratsAreEvil: Downplayed, the Royal family are not portrayed as actively hostile instead they are mostly cold and indifferent towards Diana and are continuously trying to pressure her to conform.

-->'''Elizabeth II''': Wait until they put you on the ten pound note. That's what we are. Currency.

-->'''Elizabeth II'': Wait until they put you on the ten pound note. That's what we are. Currency.

* TitleDrop: When Diana busy KFC for herself and her sons at the drive-through at the end of the movie, when asked to give a name, she says "Spencer".

* IndividualityIsIllegal: There are elements of this, one of the royal activities is that everyone ''must'' be weighed before and after Christmas, Diana is under constant scrutiny from both many of the staff and royal family for trying to be herself.

* AristocratsAreEvil: Downplayed, the Royal family are not portrayed as actively hostile instead they are mostly cold and indifferent towards Diana while they are continuously trying to pressure her to conform.

* AristocratsAreEvil: Downplayed, the Royal family are not portrayed as actively hostile instead they are mostly cold or indifferent towards Diana and are continuously trying to pressure her to conform.

* AristocratsAreEvil: Downplayed, the Royal family are not portrayed as actively hostile instead they are mostly cold or indifferent towards Diane and are continuously trying to pressure her to conform.

* IndividualityIsIllegal: There are elements of this, one of the royal activities is that everyone ''must'' be weighed before and after Christmas, Diane is under constant scrutiny from both many of the staff and royal family for trying to be herself.