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

At the council, Bertie’s stammer returns and he cannot finish his first address as king.

Scene 65 of 100 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Save the Cat: All Is Lost
Bertie

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Begins 1:02 into a 1:31 film

The story so farBefore scene 65

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.
Scenes 59–64
David abdicates and Bertie receives the throne he never wanted.
Just before
Scene 62
In full naval uniform, Bertie leaves York House for the accession ceremony.
Scene 63
Lionel spots Bertie’s car and meets his eyes as it pulls away.
Scene 64
Bertie waits outside the Accession Council chamber.
Scene 65
This scene

65INT. ACCESSION COUNCIL CHAMBER - CONTINUOUS

The Council is made up of Privy Councillors, members of the House of Lords, the Lord Mayor of the City of London, the Aldermen of the City of London and the High Commissioners of some Commonwealth countries.

Standing before them, Bertie is handed his Accession speech.

All of Bertie’s old symptoms reappear: the tightening of the neck muscles, the protruding Adam’s apple, the jaw locking.

BERTIE

I meet you today in circumstances

which are -

Bertie has come to a complete muscle-locked halt. He bows his head in humility. And shame.