What “Spencer” Got Wrong, According to the Royal Family’s Real-Life Chef

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Despite factual inaccuracies, Chef Darren McGrady calls Kristen Stewart’s portrayal of Princess Diana “brilliant.”

Tonight is the Academy Awards, and Kristen Stewart is nominated for Best Actress for her portrayal of the late Princess Diana in the film. Another character in the film is Chef Darren McGrady, played by Sean Harris in the biopic; McGrady worked as a chef in the royal households for 15 years—at Buckingham Palace from 1982 to 1993, and then for Diana at Kensington Palace from 1993 until her death in 1997.

The film follows Diana arriving at Sandringham House—one of the Queen’s residences—for three days of Christmas festivities in 1991. McGrady told Insider he wasn’t consulted for the film, but that he could see snippets of interviews he’s done over the years woven into the film’s plotline. The first misconception surrounds one of the opening scenes of the movie, where food for Christmas at Sandringham was brought in by military trucks. This is false, McGrady said; food was sourced locally.

“The fact that she’s lost is a metaphor for her life,” McGrady said. “She’s lost in the moment. She doesn’t really know where she’s going.” McGrady praised Kristen Stewart’s portrayal of the late Princess of Wales, saying that no other actor has mastered Diana’s voice or mannerisms the way Stewart did. She “100 percent deserves an Oscar,” he said., that said, the character of Diana in the film wasn’t totally true to form. Diana wasn’t unhappy all the time and the royal family weren’t “monsters,” McGrady said.

“I said, ‘Your Royal Highness, come on, I can make better burgers than McDonald’s,’” McGrady said. “She said ‘I know, but it’s the toys. The boys want the Happy Meal and the toys.’”Rachel Burchfield is a freelance writer whose primary interests are fashion and beauty, society and culture, and, most especially, the British Royal Family.

 

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It's an assumed fiction, like 'Jackie' was too. The specialists who didn't understand the 1st time, are not likely understand the 2nd, with 'Spencer'. 'Got wrong?' It's a movie, not a biopic🤦🏽 All is allegorical. The Royal Family's Real-Life Chef review is therefore inappropriate

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