Kristen Stewart puts on a leggy display in an incredibly chic tweed playsuit at Venice Film Festival

She portrays Diana, Princess of Wales, in the forthcoming movie Spencer. 

And Kristen Stewart appeared to be taking a leaf out of the late Royal’s book on Friday as she rocked a tweed outfit for day three of the Venice International Film Festival in Italy – yet went for own racy take on a typically demure style. 

However the actress, 31, who is known for her androgynous and versatile fashion sense, added a modern twist to the traditional fabric as her playsuit boasted extreme mini shorts, highlighting her long legs.

Her statement black one-piece featured intricate gold buttons and embroidered pockets. 

Kristen elongated her endless legs with black court shoes, complete with chic pearl-lined heels. 

The actress tucked her strawberry blonde locks back in a low ponytail and opted for a smokey eye. 

She kept jewellery to a minimum, wearing just two understated rings for the outing.  

Mini shorts: The actress, 31, who is known for her androgynous and versatile fashion sense, added a modern twist to the traditional tweed fabric with her thigh-grazing one-piece 

It’s all in the details: Her statement black outfit featured intricate gold buttons and embroidered pockets

Kristen arrived at her hotel in Venice and playfully posed with a luggage cart. She grabbed either side and poked her head through the gold frame as she worked her best angles for the cameras. 

She appeared in bright spirits as she was also seen delivering a peace sign and waving to onlookers. 

The Venice Film Festival begun on Wednesday and is running until 11 September. 

The event is the world’s oldest film festival. It is known as one of the ‘Big Three’ film festivals, alongside the Berlin International Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival.

The international movie competition is directed by Alberto Barbera and organised by La Biennale Di Venezia. 

Preened and pampered: The actress tucked her strawberry blonde locks back in a low ponytail and opted for a smokey eye

Let her outfit do all the talking: She kept jewellery to a minimum, wearing just two understated rings for the outing

Classic: Kristen elongated her endless legs with black court shoes, complete with chic pearl-lined heels

Her eagerly-awaited portrayal of Princess Diana will be played to audiences for the first time this week as Spencer premieres at the 78th Venice Film Festival. 

The first trailer was released last week, with Kristen’s take on the late Royal’s accent heard for the first time.

Set in 1991 and set for release on November 5, the short clip saw the Twilight star roaming the grounds of Sandringham Estate at Christmas time as her marriage to Prince Charles breaks down in the wake of divorce and infidelity rumours.

The film’s logline reads: ‘The marriage of Princess Diana and Prince Charles has long since grown cold. Though rumours of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Christmas festivities at the Queen’s Sandringham Estate.

‘There’s eating and drinking, shooting and hunting. Diana knows the game. But this year, things will be profoundly different. Spencer is an imagining of what might have happened during those few fateful days.’

Stunning: She grabbed either side and poked her head through the gold frame as she worked her best angles for the cameras

Inked up: As she placed her hands on the luggage cart, she revealed her unusual tattoos on either wrist 

Feeling positive: She elegantly posed as she arrived via boat taxi just moments earlier

The script, written by English screenwriter Steven Knight, who has also written Peaky Blinders, follows the moments when Diana realises she needs to ‘veer from a path that puts her in-line to one day be Queen’.

Director Pablo Larraín explained that the drama will not delve into Diana’s tragic death, but instead focus on her relationship with her Royal husband and the love she has for children Prince William and Prince Harry.

The filmmaker said: ‘We decided to get into a story about identity, and around how a woman decides somehow, not to be the Queen…

‘She’s a woman who, in the journey of the movie, decides and realises that she wants to be the woman she was before she met Charles.’

Doppelganger: Her eagerly-awaited portrayal of Princess Diana will be played to audiences for the first time this week as Spencer premieres at the 78th Venice Film Festival

Trailer: Kristen’s take on the late Royal’s accent heard for the first time in the film’s trailer