Playing Princess Diana Was Kristen Stewart’s Fairy Tale

To write the script, Knight spoke to former staff members—“people who served and observed”—at the queen’s 20,000-acre Norfolk estate. Though Knight refuses to discuss the specifics of those conversations, he insists even the more bizarre elements of his script are steeped in fact. Upon entry at Sandringham over Christmas, for example, in a detail incorporated into the film, Queen Elizabeth insists that each visitor is weighed on antique scales—his or her weight marked down and compared to his or her weight upon exit. (The rationale, from Victoria’s day, being that a guest only enjoyed himself or herself if he or… Read Full Article