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

David broadcasts his reasons for leaving the throne and declares allegiance to Bertie.

Scene 60 of 100 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

David

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Begins 1:00 into a 1:31 film

The story so farBefore scene 60

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.
Scenes 31–58
He tests the exercises in public and private while family history and David’s crisis expose the cost of silence.
Just before
Scene 57
Churchill tells Bertie that the country will need a reliable king and asks what name he will take.
Scene 58
Bertie asks David to reconsider, but David says he must abdicate to marry Wallis.
Scene 59
David records his abdication; Bertie and the others sign the document.
Scene 60
This scene

60INT. STUDY, WINDSOR CASTLE - NIGHT

David sits at his desk on which sits a BBC microphone. As always he speaks with beautiful fluency.

DAVID (V.O. RADIO FILTER)

You all know the reasons which have

impelled me to renounce the throne.

But you must believe me when I tell

you I have found it impossible to

carry the heavy burden of

responsibility and to discharge my

duties as King as I would wish to

do without the help and support of

the woman I love...