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

Baldwin explains that David must abdicate or his government will resign.

Scene 54 of 100 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Baldwin
Bertie

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Begins 56 min into a 1:31 film

The story so farBefore scene 54

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 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
Bertie slips into Downing Street to ask Baldwin about his brother’s plans.
Scene 54
This scene

54INT. BALDWIN’S STUDY, 10 DOWNING STREET - DAY

Bertie is with Prime Minister STANLEY BALDWIN, a stocky man with his hair parted straight down the middle. Their conversation in progress.

BALDWIN

It’s not just because she’s an

American. It’s that she is soon to

be a twice divorced American, and

the King can not marry a divorced

woman. I apologize for the nature

of this, but... according to

Scotland Yard, the King does not

possess exclusive rights to Mrs.

Simpson’s favours and affections,

sharing them with a married used

car salesman, a certain Mr Guy

Trundle. In addition, it is

rumoured that Hitler’s ambassador,

Count von Ribbentrop, sends her 17

carnations every day......

Silence.

BALDWIN (CONT’D)

Should your brother continue to

ignore the advice of His

Government, He must abdicate.

Otherwise His Government has no

choice but to resign.

BERTIE

Prime Minister, you’d leave the

country without a government?

BALDWIN

Does the King do what he wants, or

does he do what his people expect

him to do?