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

David tells Bertie that Wallis is divorcing her husband and that he intends to marry her.

Scene 49 of 100 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

David
Bertie

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Begins 51 min into a 1:31 film

The story so farBefore scene 49

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 46
Churchill reassures Elizabeth that she behaved correctly and questions Wallis’s influence over David.
Scene 47
Bertie confronts David about neglecting the Crown while the country faces a growing threat from Hitler.
Scene 48
In the wine cellar, Bertie presses David to attend to royal duties instead of Wallis’s wishes.
Scene 49
This scene

49INT. HALLWAY BALMORAL - DAY

DAVID

This is not just some woman I am

carrying on with. This is the woman

I intend to marry

BERTIE

Excuse me?

DAVID

She’s filing a petition for

divorce.

BERTIE

Good God.