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

Baldwin resigns and warns Bertie that the war will bring his greatest test.

Scene 80 of 100 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act three

Bertie
Baldwin

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:17 into a 1:31 film

The story so farBefore scene 80

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.
Scenes 65–67
The accession speech fails, and Bertie feels the loss of private family closeness and confidence.
Scenes 68–78
Bertie returns to Logue, repairs their friendship, and claims the right to speak as a man and king.
Just before
Scene 77
Lang objects to Lionel’s presence, but Bertie insists that his speech specialist sit in the King’s Box.
Scene 78
At night in the Abbey, Bertie challenges Lionel’s qualifications and fears; Lionel makes him claim his voice, and Bertie chooses to keep him.
Scene 79
The royal family watches the coronation film and then Hitler’s rally, struck by the power of his speaking.
Scene 80
This scene

80INT. MEETING ROOM, BUCKINGHAM PALACE - NEW DAY

Baldwin enters, looking pale and tired, to see Bertie.

BERTIE

Good Morning Mr Baldwin.

BALDWIN

Good Morning your Majesty.

Congratulations on your Coronation.

It went splendidly.

BERTIE

Thank you, Prime Minister. Luckily

I only had to repeat a few short

oaths. I may not be so fortunate in

the future.

BALDWIN

Sir, I have asked to see you today

in order to tender my resignation

as Prime Minister.

BERTIE

I am so sorry to hear that, Mr

Baldwin.

BALDWIN

Neville Chamberlain will take my

place as Prime Minister. It’s a

matter of principal. I was

mistaken. I have found it

impossible to believe that there is

any man in the World so lacking in

moral feeling as Hitler, but the

world might be hurled for a second

time into the abyss of destructive

War. Churchill was right all along.

This was always Hitler’s intention.

I am only sorry to leave you in

this time of crisis. I am afraid

Sir, your greatest test is yet to

come.