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

With Lionel’s calm support, Bertie begins the wartime address in a measured voice.

Scene 92 of 100 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act three

Bertie

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Begins 1:25 into a 1:31 film

The story so farBefore scene 92

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 89
In the state rooms, Bertie exchanges final words with Chamberlain and Churchill before Lionel guides him onward.
Scene 90
In the booth, Bertie checks the microphone and receives Lionel’s last reassurance as the broadcast begins.
Scene 91
BBC technicians listen anxiously as the opening seconds pass in silence.
Scene 92
This scene

92INT. KING’S STUDY/BROADCAST ROOM, BUCKINGHAM PALACE - DAY

The tension is more than palpable.

Bertie and Logue stare at each other.

Logue smiles, perfectly calm, totally confident in the man he’s worked with. His confidence is contagious.

Bertie takes a deep breath, lets it out slowly. His throat muscles relax, his hands steady - all the things he’s practiced.

BERTIE

In this grave hour, perhaps the

most fateful in our history, I send

to every household of my peoples,

both at home and overseas this

message spoken with the same depth

of feeling for each one of you as

if I were able to cross your

threshold and speak to you myself.

His cadence is slow and measured, not flawless, but he does not stop.