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

Elizabeth searches Harley Street for the speech therapist recommended to her.

Scene 12 of 100 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act one

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Begins 7 min into a 1:31 film

The story so farBefore scene 12

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.
Just before
Scene 9
A Rover arrives at 145 Piccadilly as mourners pass the nearby First World War memorial.
Scene 10
An eminent doctor’s marble exercise humiliates Bertie without helping his stammer.
Scene 11
Elizabeth comforts Bertie; they agree to stop trying the same failed treatments.
Scene 12
This scene

12EXT. HARLEY STREET - NEW DAY

A thick grey wet blanket...

Out of which materializes the moisture splattered hood of a large AUSTIN.

Elizabeth, inside, determinedly glances out.

The vehicle noses thru a pea-soup fog. The York’s HOUSE DETECTIVE is walking a few feet in front of the car, finding the way.

After a moment, the House Detective signals the driver to stop. Elizabeth peers out the window.

POV - in the gloom the least attractive and most ill- maintained of the Georgian terraced houses.

Elizabeth looks disappointed and dubious. She gets out of the car. Instructing the House Detective to wait outside, she enters the building.