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

Churchill reassures Elizabeth that she behaved correctly and questions Wallis’s influence over David.

Scene 46 of 100 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Elizabeth
Winston Churchill

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 49 min into a 1:31 film

The story so farBefore scene 46

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.
Scene 41
Bertie begins trusting Logue with the family history and humiliations beneath his speech difficulty.
Just before
Scene 43
Bertie rehearses tongue twisters in the car while Elizabeth asks him to stop.
Scene 44
On the drive to Balmoral, Bertie and Elizabeth see ancient trees being cut to improve the estate view.
Scene 45
At David’s party, Wallis needles Elizabeth and draws David away from Bertie.
Scene 46
This scene

46INT. DRAWING ROOM/PORTRAIT GALLERY, BALMORAL - DAY

Elizabeth is standing in front of a canvas of George IV when Churchill arrives at her side.

ELIZABETH

Don’t tell me I behaved badly, Mr

Churchill.

WINSTON CHURCHILL

On the contrary, your Royal

Highness. Etiquette decrees royalty

must be greeted by the official

host: in this case: the King. Not a

commoner. You behaved impeccably.

As always.

ELIZABETH

Thank you.

WINSTON CHURCHILL

I’m always amused when you’re

referred to as being a commoner. As

common as the Scottish kings from

whom you descend.

ELIZABETH

Your flattery is profound. What is

your agenda, Mr Churchill?

WINSTON CHURCHILL

(pause, then)

Did she actually say what I thought

she said?

ELIZABETH

You know she did.

WINSTON CHURCHILL

What is her hold on him?

ELIZABETH

Apparently she has

certain...skills, which she learnt

in an establishment in Shanghai.

Churchill almost spills his new champagne.

WINSTON CHURCHILL

Mam, I’d not realized you were so

well versed in such matters.

They catch a distant glimpse of David hurrying down a corridor, followed by Bertie, determined to catch up.