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 50
David argues for his freedom to marry Wallis, mocks Bertie’s speech lessons, and leaves him unable to answer.
- Scene 51
Logue uses angry swearing to show Bertie that emotion can loosen his speech.
- Scene 52
In Regent’s Park, Bertie reveals the crisis over David and rejects Logue’s suggestion that he could become king; the friends part in anger.
- Scene 53
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