The King's Speech · written by David Seidler · 2010

The royal family waves to the crowds while Lionel watches; title cards record their lasting friendship and wartime broadcasts.

Scene 100 of 100 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Last scene of act three

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Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:30 into a 1:31 film

The story so farBefore scene 100

Prince Albert seeks to overcome a lifelong stammer so he can serve his country, but his fear of public failure and the royal hierarchy obstruct his work with an unconventional speech therapist.

Scenes 1–11
Bertie lives within royal ceremony but cannot speak publicly and remains constrained by family roles.
Scenes 12–24
Elizabeth seeks a different treatment because Bertie must speak and conventional medicine has failed.
Scenes 25–30
Bertie enters Logue’s unfamiliar, egalitarian practice and finally commits to its daily work.
Scenes 31–58
He tests the exercises in public and private while family history and David’s crisis expose the cost of silence.
Scenes 59–64
David abdicates and Bertie receives the throne he never wanted.
Scenes 65–67
The accession speech fails, and Bertie feels the loss of private family closeness and confidence.
Scenes 68–78
Bertie returns to Logue, repairs their friendship, and claims the right to speak as a man and king.
Scene 95
Bertie completes his address calling the nation to meet the war’s challenge.
Just before
Scene 97
The BBC control room applauds the successful broadcast.
Scene 98
Bertie thanks Lionel, takes his hand, and calls him his friend.
Scene 99
Elizabeth thanks Lionel; the family and ministers congratulate Bertie before he steps toward the balcony.
Scene 100
This scene

100EXT. BALCONY, BUCKINGHAM PALACE - DAY

The King, his Queen and their children wave to the crowds, receiving their adulation and love.

Bertie glances upwards.

POV - silver dirigibles hover protectively.

ON THE BALCONY - Bertie and Elizabeth, King and Queen, wave to their people and receive their approbation.

Lionel watches from the shadow.

CARD:

King George VI made Lionel Logue a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1944.

This high honour from a grateful King made Lionel part of the only order of chivalry that specifically rewards acts of personal service to the Monarch.

Lionel was with the King for every wartime speech.

Through his broadcasts, George VI became a symbol of national resistance.

Lionel and Bertie remained friends for the rest of their lives.

THE END