I've been so good at placing all the shots with the events in the book, but I cannot for the life of me figure out where the shot of them on the stairs comes from? Do you think this is after the emails have been leaked and Alex flies over to London?
Hi Anon, I just posted about this & I saw you ask. Yes, I think that the shot of them on the stairs is after the email leak when Alex comes to see Henry.
If you look closely in the shot, Alex is wearing Henry's signet ring, which we know happened before the leak. Now, in the book I remember that when Alex comes to Kensington immediately after the leak, he meets Henry in the Music room & I don't remember the exact line right now, but it says something like "They collapse into a hug". And I think it's a wonderful way to adapt that scene from the book into the movie, by maintaining the original sentiment of the scene, but also making it a bit different.
So yeah, in my opinion that shot of them hugging on the stairs is after the leak.
Also, here is the zoomed photo for your reference, via @ninacarstairss . (Zoom in more to see Alex wearing Henry's signet ring)















