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

Lionel travels through blackout preparations and barrage balloons toward Buckingham Palace.

Scene 83 of 100 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act three

Lionel
Laurie
Logue

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:19 into a 1:31 film

The story so farBefore scene 83

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 80
Baldwin resigns and warns Bertie that the war will bring his greatest test.
Scene 81
The Logue family hears Chamberlain announce that Britain is at war with Germany.
Scene 82
Hardinge tells Bertie that the wartime speech will go out live and that Lionel must come at once.
Scene 83
This scene

83INT. - LOGUE’S CAR - DAY

Laurie drives Logue. Out the window he sees sandbags being piled round government buildings.

LIONEL

(peering up into the sky)

Look, there are the barrage

balloons. They got them up there

quickly.

An air raid siren is heard.

LAURIE

Should we pull over and find

shelter?

LOGUE

No, just go straight on. We’ll be

alright.

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