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

Bertie rehearses tongue twisters in the car while Elizabeth asks him to stop.

Scene 43 of 100 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Bertie
Elizabeth

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 47 min into a 1:31 film

The story so farBefore scene 43

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.
Just before
Scene 40
Bertie asks Logue to resume their sessions and shares a drink in memory of their fathers.
Scene 41
While building a model airplane, Bertie recounts family cruelties, his childhood stammer, and his closeness with David.
Scene 42
Newsreel footage shows George V’s funeral as the royal family and the Logues watch from the crowd.
Scene 43
This scene

43EXT. AUSTIN DRIVING THRU SCOTTISH ESTATE - NEW DAY

BERTIE (O.S.)

“I sifted seven thick-stalked

thistles through strong thick

sieves. I sifted seven...”

ELIZABETH (O.S.)

Bertie, isn’t that enough?

BERTIE (O.S.)

I have to keep saying it. This is

your fault.

CHOP! CHOP! CHOP! The sound of an axe.

Fallen trees start to litter the roadside.