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

On the drive to Balmoral, Bertie and Elizabeth see ancient trees being cut to improve the estate view.

Scene 44 of 100 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Elizabeth
Bertie

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Begins 47 min into a 1:31 film

The story so farBefore scene 44

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 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
Bertie rehearses tongue twisters in the car while Elizabeth asks him to stop.
Scene 44
This scene

44INT. AUSTIN, ROYAL COUNTRY ESTATE - CONTINUOUS

Bertie and Elizabeth are dressed for a party. Outside, fallen trees, and more falling. They’re aghast.

ELIZABETH

Five hundred year old

oaks...removed to improve the view!

BERTIE

Nonetheless...we must try to be

pleasant towards Mrs Simpson.

ELIZABETH

You know she calls me “The Fat

Scottish Cook”?

BERTIE

You’re not fat.

ELIZABETH

I’m getting plump.

BERTIE

You seldom cook.

She gives her husband a look, but realizes he’s teasing. She gasps and points:

POV - more trees being felled.

BERTIE (CONT’D)

I sifted seven.

ELIZABETH

Shut up!!