For some, the holidays evoke not feelings of comfort and joy, but instead feelings of dread and despair at the thought of forced and enclosed pleasantries with family, and Spencer is all too happy to kick off the season with the latter.
Spencer captures three days (Christmas Eve, Christmas, and Boxing Day) at the Royal Family’s holiday country estate, Sandringham House, and Princess Diana’s unsettled place within the gathering. During the holiday, Diana deals with severe anxiety and stress, both internal and external, and tries to find a way to survive stilted tradition, overwhelming public and private expectation, and an estranged and distant husband until she can retreat to London with her children.
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