1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Advertise your product or brand here contact www.OpenSubtitles.org today 2 00:01:38,510 --> 00:01:41,260 You're live in two minutes, Your Royal Highness. 3 00:01:43,010 --> 00:01:44,600 Sir? 4 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:50,600 Thank you. 5 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:56,650 Let the microphone do the work, sir. 6 00:01:58,530 --> 00:02:02,700 I'm sure you'll be splendid. Just take your time. 7 00:02:14,130 --> 00:02:15,170 Time to go. 8 00:02:22,850 --> 00:02:24,510 Good afternoon. 9 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:28,520 "This is the BBC National Program and Empire Service... 10 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,810 ...taking you to Wembley Stadium for the closing ceremony... 11 00:02:31,900 --> 00:02:33,810 ...Of the Empire Exhibition. 12 00:02:33,900 --> 00:02:36,820 ...Where His Royal Highness, the Duke of York,... 13 00:02:36,900 --> 00:02:41,780 ...will read a message from his father; His Majesty King George V." 14 00:02:41,870 --> 00:02:45,160 "Fifty eight British colonies and dominions have taken part,... 15 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:49,330 making this the largest exhibition staged anywhere in the world." 16 00:02:49,410 --> 00:02:53,170 Remember, sir, three flashes, then steady red means you're live. 17 00:02:53,250 --> 00:02:55,380 "Using the new invention of radio,... 18 00:02:55,460 --> 00:02:58,670 ...the opening ceremony was the first time His Majesty the King... 19 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,680 ...addressed his subjects on the wireless." 20 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:04,050 "At the close of the first season, 21 00:03:04,140 --> 00:03:07,350 ...the heir to the throne, His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales,... 22 00:03:07,430 --> 00:03:11,270 ...made his first broadcast, and today,... 23 00:03:11,350 --> 00:03:14,860 ...his younger brother, His Royal Highness, the Duke of York,... 24 00:03:14,940 --> 00:03:19,070 ...will give his inaugural broadcast to the nation and the world." 25 00:04:23,300 --> 00:04:25,470 I have received... 26 00:04:33,770 --> 00:04:38,110 ...from His Majesty the... 27 00:04:47,950 --> 00:04:52,410 ...the... 28 00:04:55,620 --> 00:04:57,580 ...the King... 29 00:05:22,530 --> 00:05:27,360 Inhale deep into your lungs, Your Royal Highness. 30 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:31,370 Relaxes your larynx, does it not? 31 00:05:31,450 --> 00:05:36,460 Cigarette smoking calms the nerves, and gives you confidence. 32 00:05:36,540 --> 00:05:42,540 Now, if Your Royal Highness would be so kind as to open your hand. 33 00:05:51,100 --> 00:05:52,260 It's Sterilized. Now.. 34 00:05:52,350 --> 00:05:55,310 One, two, 35 00:05:55,390 --> 00:05:58,640 three, four, 36 00:05:58,730 --> 00:06:02,230 five, six... 37 00:06:03,270 --> 00:06:07,150 ...seven. Now, if I may take the liberty, insert them into your mouth? 38 00:06:09,450 --> 00:06:12,820 Excuse me, Doctor. What is the purpose of this? 39 00:06:12,910 --> 00:06:16,200 It's the classic approach. It cured Demosthenes. 40 00:06:16,290 --> 00:06:19,370 That was in Ancient Greece...uh Has it worked since? 41 00:06:19,460 --> 00:06:25,420 Now, if you would be so kind as to read. 42 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:27,840 "A wealth of words." 43 00:06:34,970 --> 00:06:37,600 Fight against those marbles, Your Royal Highness. 44 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,230 Enunciate. 45 00:06:45,820 --> 00:06:49,650 A little more concentration, Your Royal Highness. 46 00:06:52,620 --> 00:06:55,490 I nearly swallowed the bloody things! 47 00:06:56,200 --> 00:07:00,250 Thank you so much, Doctor. It's been most, um... 48 00:07:00,330 --> 00:07:03,040 - ...interesting. - Your Royal Highness. 49 00:07:05,170 --> 00:07:10,300 Insert marbles. He can insert his own bloody marbles. 50 00:07:16,060 --> 00:07:18,680 Tick, tock. Tick, tock. 51 00:07:20,310 --> 00:07:22,850 You know you can't keep doing this, Bertie. 52 00:07:25,730 --> 00:07:28,020 - I know. - Mmm. 53 00:07:30,860 --> 00:07:33,110 Promise me... 54 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:35,780 Promise me no more. 55 00:08:32,380 --> 00:08:33,880 Ah! 56 00:09:03,330 --> 00:09:04,500 Hello? 57 00:09:05,250 --> 00:09:08,880 - Is anyone there? - I'm just in the loo. 58 00:09:18,970 --> 00:09:21,760 Ah, Mrs. Johnson, there you are. 59 00:09:21,850 --> 00:09:25,230 I'm sorry, I don't have a receptionist. I like to keep things simple. 60 00:09:25,310 --> 00:09:28,060 "Poor and content is rich and rich enough." 61 00:09:28,150 --> 00:09:30,940 - I'm sorry? - Shakespeare. How are you? 62 00:09:32,730 --> 00:09:35,570 - How do you do? - Oh, chuffing along. 63 00:09:35,650 --> 00:09:39,410 Um, now, this is slightly awkward, but I'm afraid you're late. 64 00:09:40,830 --> 00:09:43,910 - Yes. I'm afraid I am. - Where's Mr. Johnson? 65 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,040 Ah... He doesn't know I'm here. 66 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:49,370 Well, that's not a very promising start. 67 00:09:49,460 --> 00:09:55,050 No. No, look, my husband has seen everyone... 68 00:09:55,130 --> 00:09:57,760 ...To no avail. I'm awfully afraid he's given up hope. 69 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:01,260 - He hasn't seen me. - You’re awfully sure of yourself. 70 00:10:01,350 --> 00:10:03,890 Well, I'm sure of anyone who wants to be cured. 71 00:10:03,970 --> 00:10:08,060 Of course he wants to be cured. My husband is, um... 72 00:10:08,140 --> 00:10:12,060 - Well, he's required to speak publicly. - Perhaps he should change jobs? 73 00:10:12,150 --> 00:10:16,190 - He can't. - Indentured servitude? 74 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:19,200 Something of that nature, yes. 75 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:22,410 Well, we need to have your hubby pop by. 76 00:10:22,490 --> 00:10:25,290 Uh... Tuesday would be good. 77 00:10:25,370 --> 00:10:28,200 He can give me his personal details, I'll make a frank appraisal... 78 00:10:28,290 --> 00:10:30,870 - ...and then we'll take it from there. - Doctor, forgive me. 79 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:34,000 Uh, I don't have a "hubby." We don't "pop." 80 00:10:34,090 --> 00:10:37,460 And nor do we ever talk about our private lives. 81 00:10:37,550 --> 00:10:39,590 No, you must come to us. 82 00:10:39,680 --> 00:10:42,970 I'm sorry, Mrs. Johnson, my game, my turf, my rules. 83 00:10:43,050 --> 00:10:44,180 Mmm. 84 00:10:44,260 --> 00:10:45,970 You'll have to talk this over with your husband, 85 00:10:46,060 --> 00:10:48,430 and then you can speak to me on the telephone. 86 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:52,100 Thank you very much for dropping by... Good afternoon. 87 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:58,030 And what if my husband were the Duke of York? 88 00:10:58,110 --> 00:11:02,450 - The Duke of York? - Yes... The Duke of York. 89 00:11:12,750 --> 00:11:15,630 I thought the appointment was for Johnson. Forgive me, Your... 90 00:11:15,710 --> 00:11:17,840 - Royal Highness. - ...Royal Highness. 91 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:21,260 Yes, Johnson was used during the Great War, when the Navy didn't want the enemy 92 00:11:21,340 --> 00:11:25,010 - ...to know he was aboard. - Am I...considered the enemy? 93 00:11:25,100 --> 00:11:27,850 You will be, if you remain un-obliging. 94 00:11:28,680 --> 00:11:31,430 You'll appreciate the need for absolute discretion. 95 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:33,600 Of course. 96 00:11:33,690 --> 00:11:36,610 How did you find me, Your Royal Highness? 97 00:11:36,690 --> 00:11:39,690 The President of The Society For Speech Therapists. 98 00:11:39,780 --> 00:11:42,570 Eileen McCleod? She's a sport. 99 00:11:42,660 --> 00:11:44,660 Dr McCleod warned me your antipodean methods were... 100 00:11:44,740 --> 00:11:48,030 ...both "unorthodox" and "controversial." 101 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:51,830 I warned her those are not my favorite words. 102 00:11:51,910 --> 00:11:54,540 I can cure your husband. But for my method to work,... 103 00:11:54,630 --> 00:12:00,380 ...I need trust and total equality, here in the safety of my consultation room. 104 00:12:01,170 --> 00:12:02,420 No exceptions. 105 00:12:04,430 --> 00:12:06,970 Oh, well then... In that case... 106 00:12:14,850 --> 00:12:16,060 When can you start? 107 00:12:25,450 --> 00:12:29,280 - She's still sounding a bit rough, mate. - You make me drive too slowly, Dad! 108 00:12:29,370 --> 00:12:33,080 - Did you pick Mum up from bridge? - Yeah, I've hardly been out of the car. 109 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:36,370 I had a special visitor this afternoon. 110 00:12:36,460 --> 00:12:39,340 - May I please leave the table? - How special's special? 111 00:12:39,420 --> 00:12:42,880 No, you must stay, bored stupid, listening to your parents' inane conversation. 112 00:12:42,970 --> 00:12:44,170 - Thanks, Dad... - And Mum. 113 00:12:44,260 --> 00:12:45,550 - And Mum. - Me, too. 114 00:12:45,630 --> 00:12:49,180 - You meeting Jean? - No. Someone else. 115 00:12:50,430 --> 00:12:53,390 - Doctor? Doctor? - Hmm? 116 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:55,230 Go and help your brother with the washing up. 117 00:12:55,310 --> 00:12:58,020 - I'm fine. - Who is it, Lionel? 118 00:12:58,770 --> 00:13:01,400 Why bring it up if you can't talk about it? 119 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:06,110 Myrtle, it's just a woman looking to help her husband. 120 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,780 Oh, and I had a call... for an audition. 121 00:13:09,870 --> 00:13:11,830 - One of my favorites. - Aren't they all? 122 00:13:12,700 --> 00:13:14,370 It Could be a lot of fun. 123 00:13:14,460 --> 00:13:16,460 I'm sure you'll be splendid. 124 00:13:16,540 --> 00:13:19,540 In the amateur scene, they're a highly regarded group. 125 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:22,460 From Putney. 126 00:13:22,550 --> 00:13:25,970 No, that's all girls. Tomorrow, chapter four, "The Flight." 127 00:13:26,050 --> 00:13:28,970 Mama, I long to know where they fly to. 128 00:13:29,050 --> 00:13:31,470 - I can't wait! - Oh, to fly away. 129 00:13:31,560 --> 00:13:33,890 Weren't they lucky? 130 00:13:33,970 --> 00:13:35,850 Now Papa, tell a story. 131 00:13:39,730 --> 00:13:43,530 Can't I be a penguin instead? 132 00:13:44,940 --> 00:13:49,950 Well, no, I want a penguin story. 133 00:13:51,950 --> 00:13:54,870 Very quickly. 134 00:13:56,250 --> 00:14:00,000 Once there were... two princesses. 135 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,170 Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, 136 00:14:03,250 --> 00:14:05,760 whose papa was a penguin. 137 00:14:08,220 --> 00:14:11,470 This was because he'd been turned into one by a wicked witch. 138 00:14:12,850 --> 00:14:16,270 This was very inconvenient for him because he loved... 139 00:14:18,560 --> 00:14:21,190 ...to hold his princesses in his arms. 140 00:14:21,270 --> 00:14:23,940 But you can't if you're a penguin because you... 141 00:14:24,610 --> 00:14:28,860 - ...you have wings like herrings. - Herrings don't have wings. 142 00:14:28,950 --> 00:14:33,200 Penguins have wings which are... are shaped like herrings. 143 00:14:34,990 --> 00:14:40,710 And what made matters worse is that she... she sent him to the South Pole, 144 00:14:40,790 --> 00:14:43,630 which is an awfully long walk back if... 145 00:14:43,710 --> 00:14:46,000 ...if you can't fly. 146 00:14:46,090 --> 00:14:49,550 So when he reached the water, he... 147 00:14:49,630 --> 00:14:51,680 ...he dived in, through the depths, 148 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:55,140 so fast that he was in Southampton Waters by lunchtime. 149 00:14:55,220 --> 00:14:59,060 And from there, he took the 2:30 to Weybridge, 150 00:14:59,140 --> 00:15:02,730 changed at Clapham Junction, asked a... 151 00:15:02,810 --> 00:15:05,230 ...a passing mallard the way to Buckingham Palace, 152 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:08,400 swam up The Thames, out through the plughole 153 00:15:08,490 --> 00:15:13,410 and gave the cook, Mama and Mrs. Whittaker quite a shock. 154 00:15:13,490 --> 00:15:16,580 Now, when the girls heard all the commotion, 155 00:15:16,660 --> 00:15:19,750 they ran to the kitchen, where they gave him a... 156 00:15:19,830 --> 00:15:22,920 ...a good scrub, a mackerel and a kiss. 157 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,960 And as they kissed him... 158 00:15:27,090 --> 00:15:28,500 ...guess what he turned into? 159 00:15:28,590 --> 00:15:32,340 - A handsome prince. - A short-tailed albatross. 160 00:15:32,430 --> 00:15:36,140 - Oh. - With wings so big, 161 00:15:36,220 --> 00:15:41,430 that he could wrap them both around his two girls together. 162 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:43,770 Now, girls. Time for bed. Come on. 163 00:15:43,850 --> 00:15:45,810 - And take those horses to the stable. - Quickly, now. 164 00:15:45,900 --> 00:15:47,980 - You have exactly a minute. - Good night. 165 00:15:48,070 --> 00:15:50,110 Feed them, brush them and to bed. 166 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:55,370 - Will Mrs. Simpson be there? - My brother's insisting. 167 00:15:56,490 --> 00:16:01,290 - Is he serious? - About her coming to dinner? 168 00:16:01,370 --> 00:16:03,790 No. About her. 169 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:09,340 - A married woman? He can't be. - She can. 170 00:16:10,050 --> 00:16:12,760 By the way, I think I've found someone rather interesting. 171 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:14,380 On Harley Street. A doctor. 172 00:16:14,470 --> 00:16:16,680 Out of the question. 173 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:20,310 I'm not having this conversation again. Mat... Matter's settled. 174 00:16:20,390 --> 00:16:22,140 Mmm. His approach seems rather different. 175 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:26,400 Now? 176 00:16:27,980 --> 00:16:29,400 Now. 177 00:16:36,740 --> 00:16:39,280 Now is the winter of our discontent, 178 00:16:39,370 --> 00:16:44,160 made glorious summer by this sun of York. 179 00:16:44,250 --> 00:16:46,960 And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house 180 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:49,670 In the deep bosom of the ocean buried. 181 00:16:49,750 --> 00:16:53,970 Now are our brows bound with... victorious... wreaths; 182 00:16:54,050 --> 00:16:55,760 Thank you. 183 00:16:58,510 --> 00:17:02,520 - Lovely diction, Mr...? - Logue. Lionel Logue. 184 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:05,230 Well, Mr. Logue, 185 00:17:05,310 --> 00:17:09,190 I'm not hearing the cries of a deformed creature 186 00:17:09,270 --> 00:17:11,900 yearning to be king. 187 00:17:11,980 --> 00:17:16,530 Nor did I realize Richard III was King of the Colonies. 188 00:17:19,620 --> 00:17:23,240 I do know all the lines. I've played the role before. 189 00:17:23,330 --> 00:17:25,040 - Sydney? - Perth. 190 00:17:25,120 --> 00:17:27,290 Major theater town, is it? 191 00:17:27,370 --> 00:17:30,330 - Enthusiastic. - Ah. 192 00:17:30,420 --> 00:17:33,170 I was well reviewed. 193 00:17:34,550 --> 00:17:36,220 Yes. 194 00:17:36,300 --> 00:17:42,310 Well, Lionel, I think our dramatic society 195 00:17:42,390 --> 00:17:45,520 is looking for someone slightly younger. 196 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:51,060 And a... little more regal. 197 00:17:54,230 --> 00:17:57,320 - There you are. - Thank you. 198 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:02,240 - Oh. - Mmm. 199 00:18:02,330 --> 00:18:04,660 No, you have to shut that one first. 200 00:18:04,750 --> 00:18:07,790 Close that one first. That's it. 201 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,830 Where did you find this... physician? 202 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:15,670 Classifieds. Next to a "French model, Shepherd's Market." 203 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:17,260 No, he comes highly recommended. 204 00:18:17,340 --> 00:18:19,550 Charges substantial fees to help the poor. 205 00:18:19,890 --> 00:18:22,550 Oh, dear. Perhaps he's a Bolshevik. 206 00:18:25,100 --> 00:18:28,600 Ah, there's no receptionist. Likes to keep things simple. 207 00:18:30,730 --> 00:18:34,190 Uh... The Johnsons. 208 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:48,620 You can go in now, Mr. Johnson. 209 00:18:48,710 --> 00:18:53,420 Lionel says wait here if you wish, Mrs. Johnson. 210 00:18:53,500 --> 00:18:56,590 Or, it being a... 211 00:18:58,300 --> 00:19:00,800 ... pleasant day... 212 00:19:04,260 --> 00:19:07,270 P...perhaps take a stroll. 213 00:19:08,180 --> 00:19:11,730 Was that all right, Lionel? 214 00:19:14,060 --> 00:19:15,730 Marvelous, Willie. 215 00:19:15,820 --> 00:19:18,110 You can stay here and wait for your mum. 216 00:19:19,110 --> 00:19:20,360 Mrs. Johnson. 217 00:19:21,780 --> 00:19:24,320 Mr. Johnson. Do come in. 218 00:19:43,470 --> 00:19:44,680 Would you like a sweetie? 219 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:47,180 He's a good lad, Willie. 220 00:19:47,260 --> 00:19:50,560 He could hardly make a sound, you know, when he first came to me. 221 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:01,860 My boys make those. They're good, aren't they? 222 00:20:03,110 --> 00:20:05,280 Please, make yourself comfortable. 223 00:20:21,510 --> 00:20:24,260 I was told not to sit too close. 224 00:20:31,980 --> 00:20:33,520 Well I believe when speaking with a prince, 225 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,520 One waits for the prince to choose the topic. 226 00:20:42,650 --> 00:20:44,570 Waiting for me to... 227 00:20:46,660 --> 00:20:50,830 ...commence a conversation, one can wait rather a long wait. 228 00:20:50,910 --> 00:20:53,830 Ah, yes, well... 229 00:20:59,630 --> 00:21:01,250 Do you know any jokes? 230 00:21:08,180 --> 00:21:13,770 - Timing isn't my strong suit. - Cup of tea? 231 00:21:13,850 --> 00:21:18,060 - No. No, thank you. - I think I'll have one. 232 00:21:31,030 --> 00:21:33,700 Aren't you going to start treating me, Dr. Logue? 233 00:21:33,790 --> 00:21:36,830 Only if you're interested in being treated. 234 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:40,580 Please, call me Lionel. 235 00:21:40,670 --> 00:21:43,920 No, I... prefer Doctor. 236 00:21:44,010 --> 00:21:46,550 I prefer Lionel. 237 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:51,140 - What will I call you? - Your Royal Highness. 238 00:21:51,930 --> 00:21:54,890 Then... it's "sir" after that. 239 00:21:54,980 --> 00:21:58,810 It's a little bit formal for here. I prefer names. 240 00:21:58,900 --> 00:22:03,940 Prince Albert Frederick Arthur... 241 00:22:04,030 --> 00:22:05,110 ...George? 242 00:22:05,610 --> 00:22:07,110 How about Bertie? 243 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:13,490 - Only my family uses that. - Perfect. 244 00:22:13,580 --> 00:22:17,080 In here, it's better if we're equals. 245 00:22:20,630 --> 00:22:25,800 If... if we were equals, I wouldn't be here. 246 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:30,760 I'd be... at home with my wife, 247 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:32,970 and no one would give a damn. 248 00:22:33,060 --> 00:22:35,180 Please, don't do that. 249 00:22:35,270 --> 00:22:36,680 I'm sorry? 250 00:22:36,770 --> 00:22:40,850 I believe sucking smoke into your lungs, well, it will kill you. 251 00:22:40,940 --> 00:22:44,440 My physicians say it relaxes the... 252 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:46,400 - ...the throat. - They're idiots. 253 00:22:46,490 --> 00:22:50,490 - They've all been knighted. - Makes it official, then. 254 00:22:52,620 --> 00:22:54,740 My castle, my rules. 255 00:22:58,790 --> 00:23:00,250 Thank you. 256 00:23:01,790 --> 00:23:03,380 What was your earliest memory? 257 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,710 - What on earth do you mean? - Your first recollection. 258 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:09,300 I'm not... 259 00:23:12,050 --> 00:23:14,010 ...here to discuss personal matters. 260 00:23:14,100 --> 00:23:17,640 - Well, why are you here, then? - Because I bloody well stammer! 261 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:22,730 - You have a bit of a temper. - One of my many faults. 262 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:26,690 - When did the defect start? - I've always been this way. 263 00:23:26,780 --> 00:23:28,940 - I doubt that. - Don't... 264 00:23:29,570 --> 00:23:32,070 - ...tell me, it's my stammer. - It's my field. 265 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:36,160 I can assure you, no infant starts to speak with a stammer. 266 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,240 When did yours start? 267 00:23:40,330 --> 00:23:43,370 - Four or five. - That's typical. 268 00:23:43,460 --> 00:23:46,380 So I've been told. 269 00:23:46,460 --> 00:23:49,050 I... I can't remember not doing it. 270 00:23:49,130 --> 00:23:52,760 I can believe that. Do you hesitate when you think? 271 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:57,180 - Don't be ridiculous. - How about when you talk to yourself? 272 00:23:58,810 --> 00:24:01,350 Everyone natters to themselves occasionally, Bertie. 273 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,270 Stop... Stop calling me that. 274 00:24:03,350 --> 00:24:04,730 I'm not going to call you anything else. 275 00:24:04,810 --> 00:24:09,690 Then we shan't speak. 276 00:24:21,580 --> 00:24:23,910 Are you charging for this, Doctor? 277 00:24:26,540 --> 00:24:28,130 A fortune. 278 00:24:34,380 --> 00:24:36,340 I'll just let that brew. 279 00:24:37,350 --> 00:24:41,720 So... when you talk to yourself, do you stammer? 280 00:24:41,810 --> 00:24:45,480 No... of course not. 281 00:24:46,230 --> 00:24:49,980 Well, that proves that your impediment isn't a permanent part of you. 282 00:24:50,070 --> 00:24:52,320 What do you think was the cause? 283 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:54,400 I don't... don't know. 284 00:24:54,490 --> 00:24:57,950 I... I don't... I don't care. 285 00:24:58,740 --> 00:25:00,700 I... I stammer. 286 00:25:02,750 --> 00:25:04,000 No one can fix it. 287 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:08,710 I'll bet you that you can read flawlessly, right here, right now. 288 00:25:08,790 --> 00:25:11,920 And if I win the bet, I get to ask you more questions. 289 00:25:12,010 --> 00:25:14,920 - And if I win? - You don't have to answer them. 290 00:25:15,010 --> 00:25:19,640 One usually... wagers money. 291 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:22,100 A bob each to keep it sweet? 292 00:25:22,180 --> 00:25:27,270 - Let's see your shilling. - I don't... carry money. 293 00:25:27,350 --> 00:25:29,810 I had a funny feeling you mightn't. 294 00:25:29,900 --> 00:25:33,360 I'll stake you, and you can pay me back next time. 295 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:37,450 - If there is a next time. - I haven't agreed to take you on yet. 296 00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:43,990 So please stand, uh, and take a look at that. 297 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,290 From there. 298 00:25:50,630 --> 00:25:54,050 I... I can't read this. 299 00:25:54,130 --> 00:25:56,630 Well, then you owe me a shilling for not trying. 300 00:26:09,310 --> 00:26:10,980 To be... 301 00:26:12,110 --> 00:26:14,320 ...or not to be, that... 302 00:26:18,450 --> 00:26:23,330 - Can't read it. - Uh-uh-uh! I haven't finished yet. 303 00:26:32,500 --> 00:26:36,840 I'm going to record your voice and then play it back to you on the same machine. 304 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:40,180 This is brilliant. It's the latest thing from America. 305 00:26:40,260 --> 00:26:41,720 It's a Silvertone. 306 00:26:54,230 --> 00:26:55,230 Pop these on. 307 00:26:57,490 --> 00:27:00,320 There's a bob in this, mate. You could go home rich. 308 00:27:09,580 --> 00:27:12,580 - You're playing music! - I know. 309 00:27:12,670 --> 00:27:14,290 So how can I hear what I'm saying? 310 00:27:14,380 --> 00:27:17,960 Well, surely a prince's brain knows what its mouth's doing? 311 00:27:18,050 --> 00:27:22,470 You're not... well acquainted with royal princes, are you? 312 00:27:58,340 --> 00:27:59,880 Hopeless. 313 00:27:59,960 --> 00:28:01,130 Hopeless! 314 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:05,010 You were sublime. 315 00:28:06,390 --> 00:28:09,180 Would I lie to a prince of the realm to win 12 pennies? 316 00:28:09,270 --> 00:28:10,720 I've no idea... 317 00:28:11,270 --> 00:28:13,850 ...what an Australian might do for that sort of money. 318 00:28:13,940 --> 00:28:15,940 Let me play it back to you. 319 00:28:17,230 --> 00:28:18,270 No. 320 00:28:18,360 --> 00:28:20,530 All right, then, well, I get to ask you the questions. 321 00:28:20,610 --> 00:28:24,070 Thank you, Doctor. I don't... 322 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:26,160 ...feel this is for me. 323 00:28:30,370 --> 00:28:32,200 Thank you for your time. 324 00:28:33,620 --> 00:28:35,170 Goodbye. 325 00:28:36,460 --> 00:28:37,840 Sir? 326 00:28:43,470 --> 00:28:47,760 The recording is free. Please keep it as a souvenir. 327 00:29:01,530 --> 00:29:02,940 No. 328 00:29:08,530 --> 00:29:10,080 Oh, well. 329 00:29:13,620 --> 00:29:15,370 Bugger. 330 00:29:19,750 --> 00:29:23,840 For the present, the work to which we are all equally bound, 331 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:28,180 is to arrive at a reasoned tranquility within our borders, 332 00:29:28,260 --> 00:29:32,510 ...to regain prosperity at this time of depression 333 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:35,770 without self-seeking, and to carry with us 334 00:29:35,850 --> 00:29:38,980 those whom the burden of the past years 335 00:29:39,060 --> 00:29:42,190 has disheartened or overborne. 336 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:47,740 To all, to each, I wish a happy Christmas. 337 00:29:47,820 --> 00:29:49,870 God bless you. 338 00:29:51,580 --> 00:29:53,370 And off air. 339 00:29:56,460 --> 00:29:58,120 Easy when you know how. 340 00:29:58,210 --> 00:30:00,170 Sir? 341 00:30:08,130 --> 00:30:09,760 Have a go yourself. 342 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:12,050 - Congratulations, sir. - Ah, Mr. Wood. 343 00:30:12,140 --> 00:30:15,640 Splendid fellow. Chap who taught me everything I know. 344 00:30:15,730 --> 00:30:18,980 - Let the microphone do the work. - Sir. 345 00:30:19,060 --> 00:30:21,480 - Thank you. - Gentlemen. 346 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:23,570 Sit up. Straight back. 347 00:30:23,650 --> 00:30:26,780 Face boldly up to the bloody thing and stare it square in the eye, 348 00:30:26,860 --> 00:30:29,990 as would any decent Englishman. Show who's in command. 349 00:30:30,070 --> 00:30:33,660 Papa, I d...don't... thu...thu... think I c... c... can read this. 350 00:30:33,740 --> 00:30:37,160 This devilish device will change everything if you don't. 351 00:30:37,250 --> 00:30:40,670 In the past, all a king had to do was look respectable in uniform 352 00:30:40,750 --> 00:30:42,630 and not fall off his horse. 353 00:30:42,710 --> 00:30:46,340 Now, we must invade people's homes and ingratiate ourselves with them. 354 00:30:46,420 --> 00:30:51,010 This family's been reduced to those lowest, basest of all creatures. 355 00:30:51,090 --> 00:30:52,850 We've become actors. 356 00:30:53,810 --> 00:30:55,970 We're not a family, we're a firm. 357 00:30:56,060 --> 00:30:59,020 Yet at any moment, some of us may be out of work. 358 00:30:59,100 --> 00:31:02,020 Your darling brother and future king, 359 00:31:02,110 --> 00:31:05,820 the only wife he appears interested in is invariably the wife of another. 360 00:31:05,900 --> 00:31:09,860 - He's broken off with Lady Furness. - And taken up with Mrs. Simpson. 361 00:31:09,950 --> 00:31:13,370 A woman with two husbands living. I told him straight. 362 00:31:13,450 --> 00:31:16,990 No divorced person can ever be received at court. 363 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:22,040 He said it made him sublimely happy. 364 00:31:22,130 --> 00:31:25,840 I imagine that was because she was sleeping with him. 365 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:27,710 "I give you my word," this is what he said. 366 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:32,340 "I give you my word, we've never had immoral relations." 367 00:31:32,430 --> 00:31:36,510 Stared square into his father's face and lied. 368 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:38,850 When I'm dead, that boy will ruin himself, 369 00:31:38,930 --> 00:31:41,230 this family and this nation within 12 months. 370 00:31:41,310 --> 00:31:45,730 Who will pick up the pieces, hmm? Herr Hitler intimidating half of Europe. 371 00:31:45,820 --> 00:31:48,070 Marshal Stalin the other half. 372 00:31:48,150 --> 00:31:50,440 Who will stand between us, 373 00:31:50,530 --> 00:31:54,570 the jackboots and the proletarian abyss? 374 00:31:55,580 --> 00:31:57,120 You? 375 00:31:58,540 --> 00:32:01,580 Well? 376 00:32:01,660 --> 00:32:04,250 With your older brother shirking his duties, 377 00:32:04,330 --> 00:32:06,840 you're going to have to do a lot more of this. 378 00:32:08,170 --> 00:32:09,710 Have a go yourself. 379 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:18,430 Through the... 380 00:32:18,510 --> 00:32:20,390 ...wireless... - Get it out, boy. 381 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:22,850 ...one of the... 382 00:32:22,940 --> 00:32:24,690 ... m... marvels of m... 383 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:31,400 "Modern." Just take your time. Form your words carefully. 384 00:32:31,490 --> 00:32:33,240 ...science... 385 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,910 ...I am enabled, this ... 386 00:32:36,990 --> 00:32:38,700 Relax. 387 00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:43,250 Just try it! 388 00:32:43,330 --> 00:32:45,210 ...this Christmas Day... 389 00:32:47,710 --> 00:32:49,840 ...to speak to all my... 390 00:32:51,210 --> 00:32:52,170 Do it! 391 00:33:06,310 --> 00:33:09,560 Lying... bastard. 392 00:33:28,250 --> 00:33:31,210 - You're playing music. - I know. 393 00:33:31,300 --> 00:33:34,210 So how can I... hear what I'm saying? 394 00:33:34,300 --> 00:33:37,550 Well, surely a prince's brain knows what its mouth's doing. 395 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:41,600 You're not... well acquainted with royal princes, are you? 396 00:33:50,690 --> 00:33:54,820 "To be or not be, that is the question. 397 00:33:54,900 --> 00:33:57,860 Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer 398 00:33:57,950 --> 00:34:01,370 the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, 399 00:34:01,450 --> 00:34:04,330 or to take arms against a sea of troubles, 400 00:34:04,410 --> 00:34:07,710 and by opposing end them? 401 00:34:07,790 --> 00:34:10,920 To die, to sleep no more, 402 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,880 and by a sleep to say the end 403 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:17,050 is the heartache and the thousand natural shocks 404 00:34:17,130 --> 00:34:22,760 the flesh is heir to. Tis a consummation hopeless." 405 00:34:23,390 --> 00:34:24,720 Hopeless! 406 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:28,230 Strictly business. No... 407 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:33,270 - ...personal nonsense. - Yes, I thought I'd made that clear... 408 00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:36,070 - ...in our interview. - Have you got the shilling you owe me? 409 00:34:36,150 --> 00:34:39,650 - No, I haven't. - Didn't think so. 410 00:34:39,740 --> 00:34:42,410 Besides, you... you tricked me. 411 00:34:42,490 --> 00:34:45,080 Physical exercises and tricks are important, 412 00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:48,410 but what you're asking will only deal with the surface of the problem. 413 00:34:48,500 --> 00:34:50,580 Is that sufficient? Uh, no. 414 00:34:50,670 --> 00:34:56,510 As far as I see it, my husband has mechanical difficulties with his speech. 415 00:34:56,590 --> 00:34:59,420 - I... - Maybe just deal with that. 416 00:35:00,430 --> 00:35:02,640 I... 417 00:35:02,720 --> 00:35:07,180 - I'm willing to work hard, Dr. Logue. - Lionel. 418 00:35:07,270 --> 00:35:11,940 Are you... Are you willing to do your part? 419 00:35:14,570 --> 00:35:17,280 All right. You want mechanics? 420 00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:20,530 We need to relax your jaw muscles, strengthen your tongue, 421 00:35:20,610 --> 00:35:24,320 by repeating tongue twisters. For example, "I'm a thistle-sifter. 422 00:35:24,410 --> 00:35:27,290 I have a sieve of sifted thistles and a sieve of unsifted thistles. 423 00:35:27,370 --> 00:35:29,790 - Because I am a thistle-sifter." - Fine. 424 00:35:29,870 --> 00:35:32,960 And you do have a flabby tummy, so we'll need to spend some time 425 00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:35,750 strengthening your diaphragm. Simple mechanics. 426 00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:38,050 - That's all we ask. - All that's about a shilling's worth. 427 00:35:38,130 --> 00:35:40,470 Forget about the blessed shilling! 428 00:35:53,860 --> 00:35:56,900 Perhaps, upon occasions... 429 00:35:56,980 --> 00:35:59,400 ...you might be requested to assist... 430 00:36:02,490 --> 00:36:06,160 ...in coping with... 431 00:36:06,240 --> 00:36:09,790 ...with some minor event. Would that be agreeable? 432 00:36:09,870 --> 00:36:11,830 Of course. 433 00:36:11,910 --> 00:36:15,580 Yes, and that would be the full extent of your services. 434 00:36:15,670 --> 00:36:19,670 - Shall I see you next week? - I shall see you every day. 435 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:24,220 Ahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahah. 436 00:36:24,300 --> 00:36:26,600 Feel the looseness of the jaw. 437 00:36:29,770 --> 00:36:31,730 Good. Little bounces. Bounces. 438 00:36:31,810 --> 00:36:33,690 Shoulders loose, shoulders loose. 439 00:36:33,770 --> 00:36:36,940 Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Now, loose. 440 00:36:41,150 --> 00:36:44,360 Take a nice deep breath. Expand the chest. 441 00:36:44,450 --> 00:36:46,450 Put your hands onto your ribs. 442 00:36:47,490 --> 00:36:49,660 Deeper. Good. 443 00:36:49,740 --> 00:36:52,790 - How do you feel? - Full of hot air. 444 00:36:52,870 --> 00:36:55,250 Isn't that what public speaking's all about? 445 00:36:55,330 --> 00:37:00,840 My wife and I are glad to visit this important... 446 00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:04,800 Take a good deep breath, and up comes Your Royal Highness. 447 00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:09,220 And slowly exhale, and down comes Your Royal Highness. 448 00:37:09,310 --> 00:37:11,510 - You all right, Bertie? - Yes. 449 00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:13,140 It's actually quite good fun. 450 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:14,940 Mmm... Mother. 451 00:37:15,020 --> 00:37:16,650 Shorten the humming each time. 452 00:37:16,730 --> 00:37:18,900 Mother. Mmm... 453 00:37:18,980 --> 00:37:22,400 ...manufacturing district... - Another deep breath. 454 00:37:22,490 --> 00:37:25,070 - And Jack and Jill. - Jack and Jill. 455 00:37:25,150 --> 00:37:26,990 - Went up the hill. - Went up the hill. 456 00:37:27,070 --> 00:37:28,740 Now, just sway. 457 00:37:29,740 --> 00:37:31,240 Perfect. 458 00:37:31,330 --> 00:37:35,120 ...will not permit us to... - Loosen the shoulders. 459 00:37:35,210 --> 00:37:37,580 Ding dong bell, pussy's in the well. 460 00:37:37,670 --> 00:37:41,340 Who put her in? Little Tommy Tin. 461 00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:47,220 You have a short memory, Bertie. Come on. 462 00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:53,270 - A cow, a cow... - A king. 463 00:37:53,350 --> 00:37:54,430 A... a king... 464 00:37:58,850 --> 00:38:02,980 Anyone who can shout vowels at an open window can learn to deliver a speech. 465 00:38:05,190 --> 00:38:08,200 - Fourteen, 15! - Good. Deep breath, and... 466 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:10,450 It is... 467 00:38:10,530 --> 00:38:13,290 - Let the words flow. - No, it doesn't bloody work. 468 00:38:13,370 --> 00:38:16,290 Come on, one more time, Bertie. You can do it. 469 00:38:16,370 --> 00:38:18,620 A sieve of thisted siphles. 470 00:38:18,710 --> 00:38:22,540 Gah! Mah! Bah! 471 00:38:32,720 --> 00:38:34,600 Father. 472 00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:35,930 - Father. - Father. 473 00:38:36,020 --> 00:38:37,730 - Aim for the a-t-h. - Father. 474 00:38:37,810 --> 00:38:40,190 - Father. - Father. 475 00:38:40,270 --> 00:38:43,400 Father. Father. 476 00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:17,180 - Hello, Bertie. - Hello, David. 477 00:39:17,270 --> 00:39:20,020 - Nice of you to come out. - Not at all. 478 00:39:22,610 --> 00:39:24,480 You been waiting long? 479 00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:27,530 Christ, bloody freezing. 480 00:39:28,900 --> 00:39:30,700 Where have you been? 481 00:39:31,660 --> 00:39:34,620 - I've been busy. - So have I. 482 00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:39,250 - Elizabeth has pneumonia. - Oh, I'm sorry. 483 00:39:39,330 --> 00:39:42,540 - She'll recover. - Father won't. 484 00:39:45,130 --> 00:39:46,420 I'll drive. 485 00:39:49,970 --> 00:39:52,010 Old bugger's doing this on purpose. 486 00:39:52,090 --> 00:39:56,180 - Dying? - Departing prematurely. 487 00:39:56,260 --> 00:39:59,100 To... To complicate matters with Wallis. 488 00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:03,980 For heaven's sake, David. You know how long he's been ill. 489 00:40:04,060 --> 00:40:08,320 Wallis explained. She's terribly clever about these things. 490 00:40:10,240 --> 00:40:12,820 Whereas my letters patent under the Great Seal 491 00:40:12,910 --> 00:40:16,660 bearing date of Westminster the 11th day of June 1912, 492 00:40:16,740 --> 00:40:20,410 His Majesty King George the Fifth did constitute order 493 00:40:20,500 --> 00:40:22,210 and declare that there should be a Guardian... 494 00:40:22,290 --> 00:40:24,830 - What's going on here? - ...custos regne... 495 00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:28,750 I cannot follow you. I'm confused and I don't understand... 496 00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:31,760 It's the Order of the Council of State, sir. 497 00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:36,050 So that we may act on your behalf... 498 00:40:36,140 --> 00:40:38,100 ...much clearer to me, I'm afraid... 499 00:40:40,430 --> 00:40:44,730 - Well, I'm so confused that... - Approved. 500 00:40:44,810 --> 00:40:46,440 Thank you. 501 00:40:55,110 --> 00:40:58,830 - Let me help you, sir. - Ah, yes... 502 00:41:03,750 --> 00:41:06,040 - Thank you, sir. - Thank you. 503 00:41:11,260 --> 00:41:13,670 - Feeling a little better, sir? - No, I'm not feeling any better. 504 00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:17,050 I feel dreadful. Ah... 505 00:41:18,260 --> 00:41:21,720 Been, uh, ice skating? Ice skating? 506 00:41:21,810 --> 00:41:23,560 No. No, George. 507 00:41:37,490 --> 00:41:40,280 Yes. Yes, all right, of course. 508 00:41:40,370 --> 00:41:43,200 I know, darling. A talk, even a lovely long talk 509 00:41:43,290 --> 00:41:47,250 is a poor substitute for holding tight and making drowsy. 510 00:41:48,210 --> 00:41:51,250 Nor making our own drowsies either, as we've had to do too often lately. 511 00:41:51,340 --> 00:41:54,170 - David. Dinner. - I'm on with Wallis. 512 00:41:54,260 --> 00:41:55,970 It's Bertie. 513 00:41:57,300 --> 00:42:00,430 No. No, it's not important. 514 00:42:00,890 --> 00:42:04,060 I don't want to. 515 00:42:04,140 --> 00:42:07,390 No. Telephone me later? 516 00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:09,690 All right, goodbye. 517 00:42:11,730 --> 00:42:15,490 - Wallis misses me terribly. - Mama says you're late for dinner. 518 00:42:22,030 --> 00:42:25,950 She forgets Papa's bloody clocks are all half an hour fast. 519 00:42:41,140 --> 00:42:44,560 How's the King? I... I hope he's not in pain. 520 00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:47,430 No, no, sir. His Majesty's quieter now. 521 00:42:49,230 --> 00:42:51,150 Thank you. 522 00:42:55,940 --> 00:42:59,610 David, if your father were here, tardiness would not be tolerated. 523 00:43:01,490 --> 00:43:04,660 None of this unpleasantness would be tolerated. 524 00:43:06,540 --> 00:43:11,330 You know, sir, I appreciate that you are different from your father, 525 00:43:11,420 --> 00:43:16,380 both in outlook and... temperament. 526 00:43:16,460 --> 00:43:20,970 I want you to know that whenever the King questioned your conduct, 527 00:43:21,050 --> 00:43:23,850 I tried, in your interest, 528 00:43:23,930 --> 00:43:27,060 to present it in the most favorable light. 529 00:43:27,140 --> 00:43:31,640 Mmm. I can always trust you to have my best interests at heart. 530 00:43:46,330 --> 00:43:50,710 I fear our vigil will not be of long duration. Please continue. 531 00:44:04,430 --> 00:44:08,260 Let us commend our brother George to the mercy of God, 532 00:44:08,350 --> 00:44:10,930 Our Maker and Redeemer. 533 00:44:23,740 --> 00:44:25,280 Long live the King. 534 00:44:38,590 --> 00:44:41,550 I hope I will make good as he has made good. 535 00:45:17,290 --> 00:45:20,090 - What on earth was that? - Poor Wallis. 536 00:45:21,130 --> 00:45:23,170 Now, I'm trapped. 537 00:45:36,810 --> 00:45:41,070 And in these last 25 crowded, troubled, glorious years, 538 00:45:41,150 --> 00:45:44,940 if there is one thing that King George has taught, 539 00:45:45,030 --> 00:45:48,910 it is the art of the leader who is also a brother to his followers. 540 00:45:49,830 --> 00:45:54,580 As long as he lived, he was the guiding star of a great nation. 541 00:45:54,660 --> 00:45:56,250 - Dad? - Mmm-hmm? 542 00:45:56,330 --> 00:45:58,670 - When he died... - Time for a Shake, Dad? 543 00:45:58,750 --> 00:46:00,790 ... the little children cried in the streets. 544 00:46:00,880 --> 00:46:03,380 - You sure? - Go on. 545 00:46:12,100 --> 00:46:14,310 Put your thinking caps on. 546 00:46:16,850 --> 00:46:21,020 - I bet it's the Scottish play. - No, it's Othello. It's always Othello. 547 00:46:31,530 --> 00:46:33,790 Art thou afeard? 548 00:46:33,870 --> 00:46:36,250 - Be not afeard. - Caliban. 549 00:46:36,870 --> 00:46:40,420 Oh, for heaven's sake. That was a lucky guess. 550 00:46:40,500 --> 00:46:43,040 Don't listen to egghead. Go on, Dad. 551 00:46:43,130 --> 00:46:46,760 The isle is full of noises, sounds and sweet airs 552 00:46:46,840 --> 00:46:49,090 that give delight, and hurt not. 553 00:46:49,180 --> 00:46:53,180 Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments will hum about mine ears, 554 00:46:53,260 --> 00:46:57,350 and sometimes voices, that, if then I had waked after long sleep, 555 00:46:57,430 --> 00:47:01,150 will make me sleep again. All right, clever clogs, so what comes next? 556 00:47:01,230 --> 00:47:04,190 And then, in dreaming, methought the clouds would... 557 00:47:04,270 --> 00:47:06,940 - The clouds methought. - The clouds methought would open, 558 00:47:07,030 --> 00:47:09,200 and show riches ready to drop upon me, 559 00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:11,570 that when I waked, I cried to dream again. 560 00:47:11,660 --> 00:47:13,160 That's such a sad thought. 561 00:47:15,660 --> 00:47:19,580 My next patient must be a bit early. You better go, lads, I'm sorry. 562 00:47:20,620 --> 00:47:22,540 Won't be a moment, Clifford. 563 00:47:26,460 --> 00:47:27,460 Bertie? 564 00:47:30,340 --> 00:47:32,340 They told me not to expect you. 565 00:47:34,300 --> 00:47:36,600 I'm sorry about your father. 566 00:47:37,470 --> 00:47:41,440 - I don't wish to intrude. - Not at all. Please, come in. Come in. 567 00:47:52,110 --> 00:47:55,410 I've been practicing. An hour a day. 568 00:47:55,490 --> 00:47:57,580 In spite of everything. 569 00:47:58,410 --> 00:47:59,540 What's going on there? 570 00:48:00,620 --> 00:48:03,710 Oh, I was... Sorry. 571 00:48:03,790 --> 00:48:06,000 Mucking around with my kids. 572 00:48:08,510 --> 00:48:11,590 Do you feel like working today? 573 00:48:15,850 --> 00:48:19,390 - A Curtis bi-plane. - I'll put on some hot milk. 574 00:48:19,470 --> 00:48:21,230 Logue. Logue. 575 00:48:21,310 --> 00:48:24,020 I'd kill for something stronger. 576 00:48:28,860 --> 00:48:31,400 I wasn't there for my father's death. 577 00:48:31,490 --> 00:48:35,660 - Still makes me sad. - I can imagine so. 578 00:48:37,490 --> 00:48:40,750 - What did your father do? - He was a brewer. 579 00:48:40,830 --> 00:48:42,790 At least there was free beer. 580 00:48:43,790 --> 00:48:46,540 Here's to the memory of your father. 581 00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:54,930 I was informed, after the fact, 582 00:48:55,010 --> 00:48:57,600 that my father's... 583 00:48:57,680 --> 00:48:59,720 My father's last words were... 584 00:49:01,680 --> 00:49:06,980 ..."Bertie has more guts than the rest of his brothers put together." 585 00:49:10,860 --> 00:49:13,030 He couldn’t say that to my face. 586 00:49:17,870 --> 00:49:19,160 My brother. 587 00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:22,950 What about him? 588 00:49:23,040 --> 00:49:27,170 Try singing it. 589 00:49:27,790 --> 00:49:30,710 - I'm sorry. - What songs do you know? 590 00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:33,630 - Songs? - Yeah, songs. 591 00:49:33,720 --> 00:49:35,590 - "Swanee River." - I love that song. 592 00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:38,220 - It happens to be my favorite. - Sing me the chorus. 593 00:49:38,300 --> 00:49:40,390 No. Certainly not. 594 00:49:42,100 --> 00:49:46,440 You know... I always wanted to build models. 595 00:49:47,230 --> 00:49:51,270 But... Father wouldn't allow it. 596 00:49:51,360 --> 00:49:57,030 He... collected stamps, so we had to collect stamps. 597 00:49:57,700 --> 00:50:01,080 You can finish that off if you sing. 598 00:50:02,040 --> 00:50:06,120 "My brother David Dum, dum, dum, dum..." 599 00:50:07,120 --> 00:50:11,170 - I'm not going to sit here warbling. - You can with me. 600 00:50:11,250 --> 00:50:14,670 - Because you're peculiar. - I take that as a compliment. 601 00:50:15,840 --> 00:50:17,380 Well... 602 00:50:18,840 --> 00:50:20,890 Rules are rules. 603 00:50:24,850 --> 00:50:28,640 I'm not... crooning "Swanee River". 604 00:50:28,730 --> 00:50:32,190 "Camptown Races", then. "My brother David said to me... 605 00:50:32,270 --> 00:50:34,320 ...Doo-dah, doo-dah" 606 00:50:34,400 --> 00:50:37,450 - Continuous sound will give you flow. - No. 607 00:50:47,750 --> 00:50:51,540 Does it feel strange now that David's on the throne? 608 00:50:51,630 --> 00:50:55,210 To tell the truth, it was a relief. 609 00:50:55,300 --> 00:50:56,920 Knowing I... 610 00:50:57,010 --> 00:51:00,550 ...wouldn't be... King. 611 00:51:00,640 --> 00:51:05,890 But unless he produces an heir, you're next in line. 612 00:51:05,970 --> 00:51:11,270 And your daughter, Elizabeth, would then succeed you. 613 00:51:11,350 --> 00:51:15,730 "You're barking up the wrong tree now, Doctor, Doctor" 614 00:51:15,820 --> 00:51:16,980 "Lionel" 615 00:51:17,070 --> 00:51:19,200 See? You didn't stammer. 616 00:51:19,280 --> 00:51:22,490 Of course I didn't stammer, I was singing. 617 00:51:23,950 --> 00:51:29,160 Well, as a little reward, you get to put some glue on these struts. 618 00:51:33,880 --> 00:51:37,340 - Your boy... won't mind? - No, not at all. 619 00:51:41,430 --> 00:51:45,720 David and I were... very close. 620 00:51:45,810 --> 00:51:48,930 Young bucks, you know. 621 00:51:49,020 --> 00:51:52,230 Did you chase the same girls? 622 00:51:56,110 --> 00:52:01,450 David was always very helpful in... arranging introductions. 623 00:52:02,570 --> 00:52:04,780 We shared the... 624 00:52:04,870 --> 00:52:08,580 ...expert ministrations 625 00:52:08,660 --> 00:52:10,870 Of Paulette in the Palace. 626 00:52:16,710 --> 00:52:19,130 Not at the same time, of course. 627 00:52:23,220 --> 00:52:26,300 - Did David ever tease you? - Oh, yes, they all did. 628 00:52:26,390 --> 00:52:28,010 "Buh-buh-buh-Bertie." 629 00:52:29,560 --> 00:52:31,480 Father encouraged it. 630 00:52:31,560 --> 00:52:35,810 Said, "Get it out, boy!" Said it would make me stop. 631 00:52:35,900 --> 00:52:38,980 He said, "I was afraid of my father 632 00:52:39,070 --> 00:52:43,990 and my children are... damn well gonna be afraid of me!" 633 00:52:45,820 --> 00:52:47,780 Are you naturally right-handed? 634 00:52:51,040 --> 00:52:52,830 Left. 635 00:52:52,910 --> 00:52:57,460 I was... punished, and now I use the right. 636 00:52:57,540 --> 00:53:00,750 Yes, that's very common with stammerers. 637 00:53:03,550 --> 00:53:08,300 - Any other corrections? - Knock knees. 638 00:53:08,390 --> 00:53:12,680 Metal splints were made. 639 00:53:12,770 --> 00:53:15,770 Worn... worn day and night. 640 00:53:17,110 --> 00:53:20,520 - Must have been painful. - Bloody agony. 641 00:53:20,610 --> 00:53:22,940 Straight legs now. 642 00:53:24,780 --> 00:53:27,070 Who were you closest to in your family? 643 00:53:28,070 --> 00:53:29,370 Nannies. 644 00:53:29,450 --> 00:53:31,700 Not my first nanny. She... 645 00:53:31,790 --> 00:53:35,620 She loved David. Hated me. 646 00:53:35,710 --> 00:53:37,170 When we were... 647 00:53:37,880 --> 00:53:40,710 ...presented to my parents for the daily viewing, 648 00:53:40,800 --> 00:53:45,760 she would... she'd pinch me 649 00:53:45,840 --> 00:53:50,430 so that I'd cry and be handed back to her immediately. 650 00:53:53,350 --> 00:53:55,140 And then she would... 651 00:53:57,810 --> 00:54:00,810 Sing it. 652 00:54:01,650 --> 00:54:04,990 # Then she wouldn't feed me # 653 00:54:05,070 --> 00:54:09,200 # Far, far away # 654 00:54:11,870 --> 00:54:16,370 Took my parents... three years to notice. 655 00:54:16,460 --> 00:54:22,170 As you... as you can imagine, caused some stomach problems. 656 00:54:23,170 --> 00:54:24,760 Still. 657 00:54:29,140 --> 00:54:31,720 What about your brother, Johnnie? 658 00:54:32,970 --> 00:54:35,430 Were you close to him? 659 00:54:35,520 --> 00:54:39,850 Johnnie... sweet boy. 660 00:54:41,270 --> 00:54:42,940 Had... 661 00:54:48,530 --> 00:54:50,200 ...epilepsy. 662 00:54:51,700 --> 00:54:56,040 And he was... different. 663 00:54:58,290 --> 00:55:01,330 He died at... 13. 664 00:55:02,630 --> 00:55:04,420 Hidden from view. 665 00:55:07,260 --> 00:55:12,260 I'm... I'm told it's not... catching. 666 00:55:14,930 --> 00:55:17,060 Do you want a top-up? 667 00:55:18,310 --> 00:55:19,940 Please. 668 00:55:24,900 --> 00:55:26,280 You know... 669 00:55:26,860 --> 00:55:29,110 ...Lionel, you're... 670 00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:31,070 ...you're the first ordinary Englishman... 671 00:55:31,160 --> 00:55:35,740 - Australian. - ...I've ever really spoken to. 672 00:55:37,370 --> 00:55:40,830 When I'm... driven through the streets 673 00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:45,790 and I see the, you know, the common man staring at me, I... 674 00:55:47,210 --> 00:55:49,590 ...I'm struck by how little I know of his life 675 00:55:49,670 --> 00:55:52,630 and how little he knows of mine. 676 00:55:52,720 --> 00:55:56,140 - Thank you. - What are friends for? 677 00:55:59,430 --> 00:56:01,190 I wouldn't know. 678 00:56:06,520 --> 00:56:08,190 I sifted seven... 679 00:56:09,570 --> 00:56:13,570 ...thick-stalked thistles through a strong, thick sieve. 680 00:56:13,660 --> 00:56:17,240 - I sifted seven thick-stalked... - That's enough now, darling. 681 00:56:17,330 --> 00:56:21,000 Listen, I have to keep doing this, it's awful. I sifted seven... 682 00:56:21,080 --> 00:56:23,420 - Oh, no. - ...thick-stalked... 683 00:56:26,590 --> 00:56:30,670 One-hundred-year-old spruces removed to improve the view? 684 00:56:30,760 --> 00:56:32,720 Who does she think she is? 685 00:56:32,800 --> 00:56:36,220 Nonetheless, we must try to be pleasant towards Mrs. Simpson. 686 00:56:36,300 --> 00:56:39,640 - She calls me "The Fat Scottish Cook." - You're not fat. 687 00:56:39,720 --> 00:56:42,140 I'm getting plump. 688 00:56:43,310 --> 00:56:44,770 Well, you seldom cook. 689 00:56:47,150 --> 00:56:50,190 - I sifted seven... - Shut up. 690 00:56:50,280 --> 00:56:53,740 ...thick sieves... I sifted seven... 691 00:56:56,570 --> 00:56:59,660 Three, two, one and... 692 00:56:59,740 --> 00:57:02,250 Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York. 693 00:57:02,330 --> 00:57:06,290 Oh, how lovely to see you both. 694 00:57:07,880 --> 00:57:11,170 Welcome to our little country shack. 695 00:57:12,300 --> 00:57:14,510 I came at the invitation of the King. 696 00:57:19,260 --> 00:57:20,850 Your Majesty. 697 00:57:22,680 --> 00:57:24,600 - You all right? - Sorry we're late. 698 00:57:24,690 --> 00:57:28,770 Very nice to see you... Mrs. Simpson. 699 00:57:32,360 --> 00:57:33,940 Very nice. 700 00:57:39,030 --> 00:57:42,580 Hello, David. Making some... 701 00:57:43,330 --> 00:57:45,120 ...changes to the garden, I see. 702 00:57:45,210 --> 00:57:47,960 Yes, I'm not quite finished yet. 703 00:57:52,090 --> 00:57:54,420 Don't tell me I behaved badly, Mr. Churchill. 704 00:57:54,510 --> 00:57:56,880 On the contrary, Your Royal Highness. 705 00:57:56,970 --> 00:58:00,220 Etiquette decrees that royalty should be greeted by the official host, 706 00:58:00,310 --> 00:58:03,100 in this case, the King. Not a commoner. 707 00:58:03,180 --> 00:58:05,390 Thank you. 708 00:58:07,730 --> 00:58:11,400 - What is her hold on him? - I've no idea. 709 00:58:13,780 --> 00:58:17,150 Apparently, she has certain skills 710 00:58:17,240 --> 00:58:20,780 acquired in an establishment in Shanghai. 711 00:58:23,290 --> 00:58:25,370 David. 712 00:58:26,660 --> 00:58:29,420 Just be a sec, darling. Would you excuse me? 713 00:58:39,640 --> 00:58:44,430 - David, I've been trying to see you. - I've been terribly busy. 714 00:58:44,520 --> 00:58:47,020 - Doing what? - Kinging. 715 00:58:47,100 --> 00:58:51,770 Really? Kinging is a... 716 00:58:51,860 --> 00:58:54,730 ...a precarious business these days. Where's the Russian tsar? 717 00:58:54,820 --> 00:58:58,530 - Where's cousin Wilhelm? - You're being dreary. 718 00:58:58,610 --> 00:59:03,780 Is kinging laying off 80... staff and buying more pearls for Wallis, 719 00:59:03,870 --> 00:59:06,620 while people are marching across Europe singing The Red Flag? 720 00:59:06,700 --> 00:59:09,540 - Herr Hitler will sort them out. - Who will sort out Herr Hitler? 721 00:59:09,620 --> 00:59:12,290 Where's the bloody 23? 722 00:59:12,380 --> 00:59:14,210 And you put that woman in our mother's suite! 723 00:59:14,300 --> 00:59:17,420 - Mama's not still in the bed, is she? - That's not funny. 724 00:59:17,510 --> 00:59:20,880 Here it is. Wallis likes the very best. 725 00:59:20,970 --> 00:59:23,510 I don't care what woman you carry on with at night, 726 00:59:23,600 --> 00:59:26,390 as long as you... show up for duty in the morning. 727 00:59:26,470 --> 00:59:29,600 Wallis is not just some woman I'm carrying on with. 728 00:59:29,690 --> 00:59:31,440 We intend to marry. 729 00:59:32,980 --> 00:59:37,230 - Excuse me? - She's filing a petition for divorce. 730 00:59:37,320 --> 00:59:38,940 Good God. 731 00:59:40,490 --> 00:59:43,320 Can't you just give her a nice house and a title? 732 00:59:43,410 --> 00:59:46,290 - I'm not having her as my mistress. - The Church doesn't recognize divorce, 733 00:59:46,370 --> 00:59:50,500 - and you are the... head of the Church. - Haven't I any rights? 734 00:59:50,580 --> 00:59:52,790 - Many privileges. - Not the same thing. 735 00:59:53,840 --> 00:59:56,420 Your beloved common man may marry for love. Why not me? 736 00:59:56,500 --> 00:59:59,210 If you were... a common man, 737 00:59:59,300 --> 01:00:02,430 On what basis could you... possibly claim to be King? 738 01:00:02,510 --> 01:00:04,140 Sounds like you've studied our wretched Constitution. 739 01:00:04,220 --> 01:00:06,810 - Sounds like you haven't. - That's what this is about. 740 01:00:06,890 --> 01:00:10,520 Brushing up. Hence, the elocution lessons. 741 01:00:10,600 --> 01:00:14,480 - That's the scoop around town. - I'm trying to... 742 01:00:18,400 --> 01:00:20,940 Yearning for a larger audience, are we, B-B-Bertie? 743 01:00:23,820 --> 01:00:25,990 Don't... 744 01:00:26,080 --> 01:00:28,040 What's that? 745 01:00:28,120 --> 01:00:30,950 I'm sorry, I... 746 01:00:31,040 --> 01:00:34,500 Younger brother trying to push older brother off the throne. 747 01:00:34,580 --> 01:00:36,880 P-P-Positively mediaeval. 748 01:00:37,920 --> 01:00:39,960 Wallis. 749 01:00:40,050 --> 01:00:43,470 Ah. Where have you been all this time? 750 01:00:43,550 --> 01:00:46,300 - Who have you been talking to? - Never you mind. 751 01:00:48,390 --> 01:00:53,350 What a very complicated little King you are. 752 01:00:53,440 --> 01:00:55,650 I try to be. 753 01:00:56,480 --> 01:00:59,900 All that work... down the drain. 754 01:01:01,240 --> 01:01:02,690 My own brother. 755 01:01:02,780 --> 01:01:06,110 I couldn't say a single word to him in reply. 756 01:01:06,200 --> 01:01:09,330 Why do you stammer so much more with David than you ever do with me? 757 01:01:09,410 --> 01:01:11,620 Because you're bloody well paid to listen. 758 01:01:11,700 --> 01:01:15,670 - Bertie, I'm not a geisha girl. - Stop trying to be so bloody clever. 759 01:01:15,750 --> 01:01:19,090 What is it about David that stops you speaking? 760 01:01:19,170 --> 01:01:22,090 What is it about you that bloody well makes you want to go on about him 761 01:01:22,170 --> 01:01:25,010 - the whole bloody time? - Vulgar but fluent. 762 01:01:25,090 --> 01:01:27,840 - You don't stammer when you swear. - Bugger off! 763 01:01:27,930 --> 01:01:31,810 - Is that the best you can do? - Well, bloody... 764 01:01:31,890 --> 01:01:35,350 ...bugger to you, you beastly bastard. 765 01:01:35,440 --> 01:01:38,810 Oh, a public school prig could do better than that. 766 01:01:39,440 --> 01:01:40,520 Shit. 767 01:01:41,280 --> 01:01:42,400 Shit, shit, shit. 768 01:01:42,490 --> 01:01:45,700 Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit! 769 01:01:45,780 --> 01:01:49,660 Yes, defecation flows trippingly from the tongue. 770 01:01:49,740 --> 01:01:51,790 - Because I'm angry! - Do you know the "f" word? 771 01:01:53,790 --> 01:01:57,500 - Fornication? - Oh, Bertie. 772 01:01:57,580 --> 01:02:00,170 Fuck. Fuck! 773 01:02:00,250 --> 01:02:03,380 Fuck, fuck, fuckin' fuck! Fuck, fuck and bugger! 774 01:02:03,460 --> 01:02:05,510 Bugger, bugger, buggedy, fuck! 775 01:02:05,590 --> 01:02:06,880 - Fuck, ass! - Yes! 776 01:02:06,970 --> 01:02:09,640 - Balls, balls, fuckety shit. - You see? Not a hesitation. 777 01:02:09,720 --> 01:02:12,390 Willy, shit and fuck! And tits. 778 01:02:12,470 --> 01:02:16,180 - Dad, what's going on? - Sorry. 779 01:02:16,270 --> 01:02:17,770 Just finish your homework. 780 01:02:18,940 --> 01:02:21,570 Well, that's a side of you we don't get to see all that often. 781 01:02:22,400 --> 01:02:23,440 No. 782 01:02:23,530 --> 01:02:26,780 No, we're not supposed to, really. Not publicly. 783 01:02:27,490 --> 01:02:31,950 - Let's get some air. - No, I don't think that's a good idea. 784 01:02:33,660 --> 01:02:37,750 What's the matter? Why are you so upset? 785 01:02:37,830 --> 01:02:41,590 Logue, you have no idea. 786 01:02:41,670 --> 01:02:44,760 My... my brother 787 01:02:44,840 --> 01:02:48,180 is infatuated with a... 788 01:02:48,260 --> 01:02:49,760 ...woman who's been married twice. 789 01:02:49,840 --> 01:02:53,930 She's asking for a divorce, and he's determined to marry her. 790 01:02:54,020 --> 01:02:58,560 - Jesus. - Mrs. Wallis Simpson... 791 01:02:58,640 --> 01:03:01,610 - ...of Baltimore. - That's not right. 792 01:03:01,690 --> 01:03:04,940 - Queen Wallis of Baltimore. - Unthinkable. 793 01:03:05,030 --> 01:03:08,780 - Can he do it? - Absolutely not. 794 01:03:08,860 --> 01:03:12,990 But he's going to anyway. All hell's broken loose. 795 01:03:13,080 --> 01:03:16,700 - Can't they just carry on privately? - If only they would. 796 01:03:18,620 --> 01:03:20,830 Where does this leave you? 797 01:03:22,790 --> 01:03:25,420 I know my place. I... 798 01:03:25,510 --> 01:03:28,800 I... I will do anything... 799 01:03:28,880 --> 01:03:31,800 ...in my power to keep my brother on the throne. 800 01:03:32,930 --> 01:03:34,850 Is it that serious? 801 01:03:36,100 --> 01:03:40,230 - Your place may well be on the throne. - I am not an alternative to my brother. 802 01:03:40,310 --> 01:03:43,060 - You can outshine David. - Don't take liberties! 803 01:03:44,110 --> 01:03:46,650 - That's bordering on treason. - I'm just saying you could be King. 804 01:03:46,730 --> 01:03:48,610 - You could do it. - That is treason. 805 01:03:48,690 --> 01:03:50,650 I'm trying to get you to realize you needn't be governed by fear. 806 01:03:50,740 --> 01:03:52,490 I've had enough of this. 807 01:03:53,740 --> 01:03:56,030 - What are you so afraid of? - Your poisonous words! 808 01:03:56,120 --> 01:03:58,830 Why did you come to me? You're not some middle-class banker 809 01:03:58,910 --> 01:04:00,830 who wants elocution lessons so you can chitchat... 810 01:04:00,920 --> 01:04:04,210 Don't attempt to instruct me on my duties! 811 01:04:04,290 --> 01:04:08,460 I am the son of a... King. 812 01:04:08,550 --> 01:04:11,300 And the brother of... of a King. 813 01:04:11,380 --> 01:04:14,640 You're the disappointing son of a brewer. 814 01:04:14,720 --> 01:04:18,010 A jumped-up jackeroo from the outback. 815 01:04:18,720 --> 01:04:22,230 You're a nobody. These sessions are over. 816 01:05:00,270 --> 01:05:01,890 Through here, sir. 817 01:05:04,770 --> 01:05:09,190 It's not because she's an American. That is the least of it. 818 01:05:09,280 --> 01:05:14,240 It's because she's a soon to be twice divorced American. 819 01:05:14,320 --> 01:05:18,490 And the King, as head of the Church of England, 820 01:05:18,580 --> 01:05:22,000 cannot marry a divorced woman. 821 01:05:23,370 --> 01:05:26,000 And, sir, I apologize for the nature of this. 822 01:05:27,790 --> 01:05:30,670 According to Scotland Yard, 823 01:05:30,760 --> 01:05:35,840 the King has not always possessed exclusive rights 824 01:05:35,930 --> 01:05:41,010 to Mrs. Simpson's... favors and affections... 825 01:05:42,350 --> 01:05:45,270 ...sharing them with a married used car salesman, 826 01:05:45,350 --> 01:05:48,270 a certain Mr. Guy Trundle. 827 01:05:50,020 --> 01:05:54,360 In addition, it is also rumored Hitler's ambassador, 828 01:05:54,450 --> 01:05:59,120 Count von Ribbentrop, sends her 17 carnations every day. 829 01:06:00,620 --> 01:06:04,450 Should His Majesty continue to ignore the advice of his government, 830 01:06:04,540 --> 01:06:06,290 he must abdicate. 831 01:06:06,370 --> 01:06:09,830 Otherwise, his government has no choice but to resign. 832 01:06:09,920 --> 01:06:13,000 Prime Minister, you'd leave a country without a... 833 01:06:15,380 --> 01:06:16,380 ...a government? 834 01:06:17,890 --> 01:06:20,550 Does the King do what he wants? 835 01:06:21,310 --> 01:06:24,720 Or does he do what the people expect him to do? 836 01:06:24,810 --> 01:06:27,390 As crowds in Downing Street watch ministers come and go, 837 01:06:27,480 --> 01:06:30,900 there is raised an age-old problem: Can a king separate his personal life 838 01:06:30,980 --> 01:06:33,440 - from his public duty... - What's the matter, love? 839 01:06:33,530 --> 01:06:36,320 I'm just having trouble with a patient. 840 01:06:38,240 --> 01:06:40,320 That isn't like you. 841 01:06:41,580 --> 01:06:45,290 - Why? - He's scared. 842 01:06:46,040 --> 01:06:48,120 He's afraid of his own shadow. 843 01:06:49,130 --> 01:06:51,080 Isn't that why they come to you? 844 01:06:53,590 --> 01:06:56,170 This fellow could really be somebody great. 845 01:06:56,260 --> 01:06:58,630 He's fighting me. 846 01:06:58,720 --> 01:07:01,260 Perhaps he doesn't want to be great. 847 01:07:04,140 --> 01:07:06,350 Perhaps that's what you want. 848 01:07:10,440 --> 01:07:12,810 I might have overstepped the mark. 849 01:07:14,280 --> 01:07:17,780 Apologize. Do you both good. 850 01:07:29,250 --> 01:07:32,330 I'm very sorry, Mr. Logue, the Duke is busy. 851 01:07:33,290 --> 01:07:36,670 I'm happy to wait. Or I could come back later. 852 01:07:36,760 --> 01:07:40,260 As I said, the Duke is terribly busy. 853 01:07:49,100 --> 01:07:56,820 Thank you. 854 01:08:03,620 --> 01:08:06,660 Parliament will not support the marriage. 855 01:08:09,080 --> 01:08:12,080 But there are other reasons for concern. 856 01:08:12,170 --> 01:08:15,500 He was careless with state papers. He lacked commitment and resolve, 857 01:08:15,590 --> 01:08:18,210 and there are those who are worried about where he will stand 858 01:08:18,300 --> 01:08:20,670 when war comes with Germany. 859 01:08:22,930 --> 01:08:26,760 - We're not coming to that? - Indeed we are, sir. 860 01:08:26,850 --> 01:08:32,020 Prime Minister Baldwin may deny this, but Hitler's intent is crystal clear. 861 01:08:32,100 --> 01:08:34,770 War with Germany will come. 862 01:08:34,860 --> 01:08:39,190 And we will need a King whom we can all stand behind, united. 863 01:08:39,280 --> 01:08:41,990 I fear my... 864 01:08:43,160 --> 01:08:45,450 ...brother is not of sound mind... 865 01:08:46,740 --> 01:08:48,410 ...at this time. 866 01:08:48,490 --> 01:08:52,370 Have you thought what you will call yourself? Hmm? 867 01:08:58,250 --> 01:09:04,050 Certainly not Albert, sir. Too Germanic. 868 01:09:09,890 --> 01:09:13,890 What about George? After your father? 869 01:09:15,190 --> 01:09:19,820 George the Sixth has a rather nice continuity to it. 870 01:09:19,900 --> 01:09:20,980 Don't you think? 871 01:09:24,700 --> 01:09:27,820 David. Thank God. 872 01:09:27,910 --> 01:09:30,290 You look exhausted. 873 01:09:32,580 --> 01:09:34,580 How are you bearing up? 874 01:09:34,670 --> 01:09:37,170 Bertie, the decision's been made. I... 875 01:09:37,750 --> 01:09:39,920 I'm going. 876 01:09:41,590 --> 01:09:44,760 - I can't accept that... - I'm afraid there's no other way. 877 01:09:46,430 --> 01:09:48,470 I must marry her. 878 01:09:50,930 --> 01:09:54,100 My mind's made up. I'm... sorry. 879 01:09:57,350 --> 01:09:59,440 That's a terrible thing to hear. 880 01:10:02,780 --> 01:10:04,280 Nobody wants that. 881 01:10:05,200 --> 01:10:06,780 I, least of all. 882 01:10:12,750 --> 01:10:14,870 At long last, 883 01:10:14,960 --> 01:10:18,670 I am able to say a few words of my own. 884 01:10:19,920 --> 01:10:23,670 I have never wanted to withhold anything, 885 01:10:23,760 --> 01:10:27,010 but until now it has not been constitutionally possible 886 01:10:27,090 --> 01:10:28,380 for me to speak. 887 01:10:29,300 --> 01:10:33,680 A few hours ago, I discharged my last duty 888 01:10:33,770 --> 01:10:37,560 as King and Emperor, 889 01:10:37,650 --> 01:10:42,070 and now that I have been succeeded by my brother, 890 01:10:42,150 --> 01:10:43,980 the Duke of York, 891 01:10:44,070 --> 01:10:47,900 my first words must be to declare my allegiance to him. 892 01:10:47,990 --> 01:10:51,740 This I do with all my heart. 893 01:10:54,450 --> 01:10:59,330 You all know the reasons which have impelled me to renounce the throne, 894 01:10:59,420 --> 01:11:03,340 but you must believe me when I tell you 895 01:11:03,420 --> 01:11:06,590 that I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden 896 01:11:06,670 --> 01:11:10,800 Of responsibility and to discharge my duties as King, 897 01:11:10,890 --> 01:11:13,260 as I would wish to do 898 01:11:13,350 --> 01:11:18,180 without the help and support of the woman I love. 899 01:11:19,100 --> 01:11:21,100 And I want you to know, 900 01:11:21,190 --> 01:11:26,110 this decision has been made less difficult to me 901 01:11:26,190 --> 01:11:29,030 by the sure knowledge that my brother, 902 01:11:29,110 --> 01:11:32,280 with his long training in the public affairs of this country, 903 01:11:32,370 --> 01:11:36,450 and with his fine qualities, 904 01:11:36,540 --> 01:11:39,210 will be able to take my place forthwith 905 01:11:39,290 --> 01:11:43,880 without interruption or injury 906 01:11:43,960 --> 01:11:47,880 to the life and progress of the Empire. 907 01:13:04,120 --> 01:13:06,130 I meet you today... 908 01:13:08,420 --> 01:13:09,800 ...in... 909 01:13:12,800 --> 01:13:15,890 ...in circumstances which are... 910 01:13:32,990 --> 01:13:34,900 - I'm sure you'll love it. - There you go. 911 01:13:34,990 --> 01:13:36,990 Thank you, darling. Saddles. Margaret. 912 01:13:37,070 --> 01:13:40,410 - There's Montezuma. - Oh, here's one. 913 01:13:40,490 --> 01:13:44,330 - Mama, here's a horse and saddle. - Thank you. Oops. 914 01:13:44,420 --> 01:13:47,540 - Don't worry, Sally. We'll get you... - Mama? 915 01:13:47,630 --> 01:13:49,380 - Yes? - Will we have space for our horses... 916 01:13:49,460 --> 01:13:50,920 - ...in our new home? - Course we will, darling. 917 01:13:51,000 --> 01:13:52,460 We'll have a palace of rooms. 918 01:14:02,430 --> 01:14:04,230 Curtsey. 919 01:14:06,100 --> 01:14:07,690 Your Majesty. 920 01:14:24,540 --> 01:14:26,160 How was it? 921 01:14:37,220 --> 01:14:42,350 I was trying to... familiarize myself 922 01:14:42,430 --> 01:14:46,060 with... what a state paper looks like. 923 01:14:47,060 --> 01:14:48,520 It's a... 924 01:14:50,270 --> 01:14:55,070 ...dispatch from Mr. Baldwin, which I don't understand a word of. 925 01:14:58,280 --> 01:15:00,160 David's finances. 926 01:15:02,990 --> 01:15:08,710 Christmas... broadcast. 927 01:15:09,880 --> 01:15:13,090 - Think that would be a mistake. - No, don't worry about that. 928 01:15:13,170 --> 01:15:15,050 Oh. 929 01:15:24,180 --> 01:15:26,140 Plans for the Coronation. 930 01:15:27,480 --> 01:15:30,100 Think that would be an even bigger mistake. 931 01:15:32,560 --> 01:15:34,980 - I'm not a King. - Oh, shush. 932 01:15:39,360 --> 01:15:42,320 I'm a Naval officer. That's all I know. 933 01:15:44,700 --> 01:15:47,580 I'm not a King. I'm not a King. 934 01:15:48,250 --> 01:15:50,870 - I'm sorry. - No. 935 01:15:50,960 --> 01:15:53,790 - I'm sorry. - No, don't be silly. Please. 936 01:15:56,510 --> 01:15:58,630 Oh, my dear. 937 01:15:58,720 --> 01:16:01,260 My dear, dear man. 938 01:16:01,970 --> 01:16:05,850 - I'm sorry. - You know, 939 01:16:05,930 --> 01:16:09,730 I refused your first two marriage proposals, 940 01:16:09,810 --> 01:16:12,400 not because I didn't love you, 941 01:16:12,480 --> 01:16:15,570 but because I couldn't bear the idea of a Royal life. 942 01:16:15,650 --> 01:16:20,360 Couldn't bear the idea of a life of tours, public duty, of... 943 01:16:20,450 --> 01:16:24,660 Well, a life that no longer was really to be my own. 944 01:16:25,330 --> 01:16:31,080 But then I thought, he stammers so beautifully, they'll leave us alone. 945 01:16:57,360 --> 01:17:02,450 Waiting for a King to apologize, one can wait rather a long wait. 946 01:17:06,780 --> 01:17:09,410 I'm afraid we're slightly late. 947 01:17:11,710 --> 01:17:14,120 This is home. 948 01:17:14,210 --> 01:17:17,130 Myrtle's at bridge. I made sure the boys were out. 949 01:17:17,210 --> 01:17:20,630 It's lovely. Absolutely lovely. 950 01:17:20,710 --> 01:17:24,260 - Oh! May I sit down? - Yes, of course. 951 01:17:31,520 --> 01:17:34,600 - Would you like some tea, ma'am? - Yes, I'll help myself. 952 01:17:34,690 --> 01:17:37,900 Now, off you go. Or must I knock your heads together? 953 01:17:39,520 --> 01:17:41,280 Here's your shilling. 954 01:17:49,200 --> 01:17:50,620 I... 955 01:17:52,120 --> 01:17:54,160 I understand... 956 01:17:54,870 --> 01:17:57,420 ...what you were trying to say, Logue. 957 01:17:58,090 --> 01:18:00,420 I went about it the wrong way. 958 01:18:01,300 --> 01:18:02,800 I'm sorry. 959 01:18:04,300 --> 01:18:06,340 So, here I am. 960 01:18:06,430 --> 01:18:12,140 Is the nation ready for two... minutes of radio silence? 961 01:18:12,220 --> 01:18:15,810 Every stammerer always fears going back to square one. 962 01:18:15,890 --> 01:18:17,690 I don't let that happen. 963 01:18:17,770 --> 01:18:21,150 If I fail in my duty, 964 01:18:21,230 --> 01:18:25,820 David could come back. I've seen the placards. 965 01:18:25,900 --> 01:18:30,200 "God save our... King." 966 01:18:30,280 --> 01:18:32,080 They don't mean me. 967 01:18:33,160 --> 01:18:36,870 Every monarch in history 968 01:18:36,960 --> 01:18:40,630 has succeeded someone who's dead 969 01:18:40,710 --> 01:18:43,420 Or just about to be. 970 01:18:45,420 --> 01:18:51,140 My predecessor is not only alive, but very much so. 971 01:18:55,100 --> 01:18:56,890 It's a bloody mess. 972 01:18:58,100 --> 01:19:00,480 Couldn't even give them a Christmas speech. 973 01:19:00,560 --> 01:19:03,570 - Like your dad used to do? - Precisely. 974 01:19:03,650 --> 01:19:06,280 He's not here anymore. 975 01:19:08,820 --> 01:19:11,410 Yes, he is. He's on that shilling I gave you. 976 01:19:11,490 --> 01:19:15,620 Easy enough to give away. 977 01:19:15,700 --> 01:19:18,750 You don't have to carry him around in your pocket. 978 01:19:18,830 --> 01:19:20,330 Or your brother. 979 01:19:20,420 --> 01:19:24,170 You don't need to be afraid of the things you were afraid of 980 01:19:24,250 --> 01:19:26,760 when you were five. 981 01:19:32,350 --> 01:19:34,760 You're very much your own man, Bertie. 982 01:19:36,270 --> 01:19:37,850 Am I? 983 01:19:42,230 --> 01:19:44,860 - Your face is next, mate. - Lionel, dear! 984 01:19:45,940 --> 01:19:46,940 Myrtle. 985 01:19:47,030 --> 01:19:50,570 - Is this your wife? - Yes. 986 01:19:51,110 --> 01:19:53,200 Bertie. Come here. 987 01:19:54,530 --> 01:19:57,200 - Are you all right, Logue? - Yes. 988 01:19:59,290 --> 01:20:02,460 - Shouldn't we go through? - Trust me, it's important. 989 01:20:03,960 --> 01:20:07,630 - What is it? - Oh! 990 01:20:07,710 --> 01:20:10,220 - You're... - It's "Your Majesty" the first time. 991 01:20:10,300 --> 01:20:12,640 After that, it's "Ma'am." As in "ham." 992 01:20:12,720 --> 01:20:14,390 Not "malm" as in "palm." 993 01:20:15,850 --> 01:20:17,970 I haven't told her about us. 994 01:20:18,060 --> 01:20:19,850 Sit down, relax. 995 01:20:19,940 --> 01:20:24,440 I'm told your husband calls my husband Bertie. 996 01:20:24,520 --> 01:20:26,860 And my husband calls your husband Lionel. 997 01:20:26,940 --> 01:20:28,440 I trust you won't call me Liz. 998 01:20:29,490 --> 01:20:33,450 Your Majesty, you may call me Mrs. Logue, ma'am. 999 01:20:33,530 --> 01:20:35,410 Very nice to meet you, Mrs. Logue. 1000 01:20:37,910 --> 01:20:40,040 - Logue, we can't stay here all day. - Yes, we can. 1001 01:20:40,120 --> 01:20:42,290 - Logue! - I need to wait for the right moment. 1002 01:20:42,370 --> 01:20:45,210 - Logue, you're being a coward. - You're damn right. 1003 01:20:46,960 --> 01:20:48,130 Get out there, man. 1004 01:20:50,470 --> 01:20:52,880 Hello, Myrtle, darling. 1005 01:20:53,680 --> 01:20:55,010 You're early. 1006 01:20:55,100 --> 01:20:59,140 I believe you two have met, but I don't think you know... 1007 01:21:00,270 --> 01:21:03,980 ...king George the Sixth. - It's very nice to meet you. 1008 01:21:07,900 --> 01:21:11,070 Will Their Majesties be staying to dinner? 1009 01:21:12,150 --> 01:21:16,200 We'd love to, such a treat, but alas a... 1010 01:21:16,280 --> 01:21:19,030 ...previous engagement. What a pity. 1011 01:21:34,130 --> 01:21:37,760 - Archbishop. - Welcome, Your Majesty. 1012 01:21:38,310 --> 01:21:41,680 What a glorious transformation, sir. 1013 01:21:41,770 --> 01:21:45,140 I hope you'll forgive us if we continue our preparations? 1014 01:21:46,150 --> 01:21:51,940 Now, allow me to guide you through the ceremony. 1015 01:21:56,160 --> 01:22:01,240 We begin, of course, at the West door into the nave. 1016 01:22:02,700 --> 01:22:06,750 I see all your pronouncements are to be broadcast, Archbishop. 1017 01:22:06,830 --> 01:22:09,290 Ah, yes. Wireless. 1018 01:22:09,380 --> 01:22:11,750 It is, indeed, a Pandora's box, 1019 01:22:11,840 --> 01:22:16,050 and I'm afraid I've also had to permit the newsreel cameras. 1020 01:22:16,130 --> 01:22:19,760 The product of which I shall personally edit. 1021 01:22:19,850 --> 01:22:22,350 Without momentary hesitations. 1022 01:22:22,430 --> 01:22:26,140 This is Dr. Logue of Harley Street. 1023 01:22:26,230 --> 01:22:30,020 He's... my speech therapist. 1024 01:22:30,570 --> 01:22:33,860 - Your Grace. - Had I known that Your Majesty 1025 01:22:33,940 --> 01:22:36,950 was seeking assistance, I should have made my own recommendation. 1026 01:22:37,030 --> 01:22:39,450 Dr. Logue will... 1027 01:22:40,330 --> 01:22:42,410 ...will be attending the Coronation. 1028 01:22:42,490 --> 01:22:47,290 Of course I'll speak to the Dean, but it will be extremely difficult. 1029 01:22:47,370 --> 01:22:49,210 I should like the... 1030 01:22:50,750 --> 01:22:54,340 ...doctor to be seated in the... 1031 01:22:54,420 --> 01:22:55,630 ...King's Box. 1032 01:22:56,630 --> 01:22:59,720 But members of your family will be seated there, sir. 1033 01:22:59,800 --> 01:23:01,600 That is why it is suitable. 1034 01:23:03,850 --> 01:23:05,850 And now, if you don't mind, Your Grace, we need the premises. 1035 01:23:05,930 --> 01:23:08,480 My dear fellow, this is Westminster Abbey. 1036 01:23:08,560 --> 01:23:10,600 The Church must prepare His Majesty. 1037 01:23:10,690 --> 01:23:13,610 My preparations are equally as important. 1038 01:23:17,740 --> 01:23:20,570 With complete privacy, if you don't mind. 1039 01:23:22,330 --> 01:23:24,580 Those are my wishes, Your Grace. 1040 01:23:25,790 --> 01:23:29,790 I will place the Abbey at Your Majesty's disposal, 1041 01:23:29,870 --> 01:23:33,420 this evening. Your Majesty. 1042 01:24:03,950 --> 01:24:07,910 I can't believe I'm walking on Chaucer and Handel and Dickens. 1043 01:24:11,420 --> 01:24:13,500 Everything all right? Let's get cracking. 1044 01:24:15,300 --> 01:24:19,380 I'm not here to rehearse, Dr. Logue. 1045 01:24:22,050 --> 01:24:23,970 Call me Lionel. 1046 01:24:24,970 --> 01:24:29,140 True, you... never... 1047 01:24:30,100 --> 01:24:32,560 ...called yourself Doctor. I did that... 1048 01:24:34,980 --> 01:24:36,110 ...for you. 1049 01:24:39,150 --> 01:24:40,900 No training. 1050 01:24:40,990 --> 01:24:43,820 No diploma, no... 1051 01:24:46,910 --> 01:24:48,370 ...qualifications. 1052 01:24:48,450 --> 01:24:52,290 Just... a great deal of nerve. 1053 01:24:53,330 --> 01:24:55,710 The Star Chamber inquisition, is it? 1054 01:24:55,790 --> 01:24:57,710 You asked for trust. 1055 01:24:57,800 --> 01:25:02,260 And... total equality. 1056 01:25:02,340 --> 01:25:05,760 Bertie, I heard you at Wembley. I was there. 1057 01:25:06,850 --> 01:25:09,520 My son Laurie said, "Dad, do you think you could help that poor man?" 1058 01:25:09,600 --> 01:25:13,060 - What, as a failed actor? - It's true. 1059 01:25:13,140 --> 01:25:18,820 I'm not a doctor. And yes, I acted, a bit. 1060 01:25:19,230 --> 01:25:23,360 Well, I recited in pubs. I taught elocution in schools. 1061 01:25:23,450 --> 01:25:25,030 When the Great War came, 1062 01:25:25,120 --> 01:25:27,660 all our soldiers were returning to Australia from the front, 1063 01:25:27,740 --> 01:25:31,370 a lot of them shell-shocked, unable to speak. 1064 01:25:31,450 --> 01:25:33,870 Somebody said, Lionel, "You're very good at this speech stuff. 1065 01:25:33,960 --> 01:25:36,630 Do you think you could possibly help these poor buggers?" 1066 01:25:37,840 --> 01:25:40,420 I did muscle therapy, exercises, relaxation, 1067 01:25:40,510 --> 01:25:42,760 but I knew I had to go deeper. 1068 01:25:44,340 --> 01:25:46,760 Those poor young blokes had cried out in fear. 1069 01:25:46,850 --> 01:25:49,100 No one was listening to them. 1070 01:25:50,640 --> 01:25:53,730 My job was to give them faith in their own voice, 1071 01:25:53,810 --> 01:25:57,440 and let them know that a friend was listening. 1072 01:25:58,770 --> 01:26:01,860 That must ring a few bells with you, Bertie. 1073 01:26:06,240 --> 01:26:08,450 You give a very noble account of yourself. 1074 01:26:08,530 --> 01:26:12,490 - Make inquiries. It's all true. - Inquiries have been made. 1075 01:26:12,580 --> 01:26:16,330 You have no idea who I have breathing down my neck. 1076 01:26:17,500 --> 01:26:20,090 I vouched for you, and you have no... 1077 01:26:23,170 --> 01:26:25,590 - ...credentials. - But lots of success. 1078 01:26:25,680 --> 01:26:29,010 I can't show you a certificate. There was no training then. 1079 01:26:29,100 --> 01:26:30,930 Everything I know, I know from experience. 1080 01:26:31,010 --> 01:26:34,640 And that war was some experience. 1081 01:26:37,100 --> 01:26:39,350 My plaque says, "L. Logue, Speech Defects." 1082 01:26:39,440 --> 01:26:42,440 Not "Doctor." There are no letters after my name. 1083 01:26:47,240 --> 01:26:49,870 - Lock me in the Tower. - I would if I could. 1084 01:26:49,950 --> 01:26:51,620 - On what charge? - Fraud. 1085 01:26:51,700 --> 01:26:55,370 With war looming, you've saddled this nation with a voiceless... 1086 01:26:55,460 --> 01:26:59,710 ...King. You've destroyed the happiness of my family, 1087 01:26:59,790 --> 01:27:05,010 all for the sake of ensnaring a star... patient you couldn't... 1088 01:27:05,090 --> 01:27:07,590 ...possibly hope to assist. 1089 01:27:08,640 --> 01:27:10,640 It'll be like mad... 1090 01:27:12,510 --> 01:27:14,560 ...King George the Third. 1091 01:27:15,560 --> 01:27:18,980 I'll be... Mad King... 1092 01:27:20,020 --> 01:27:22,270 ...George the Stammerer... 1093 01:27:24,150 --> 01:27:27,820 ...who let his people down so badly in their hour of need. 1094 01:27:28,820 --> 01:27:31,410 What are you doing? Get up! You can't sit there! Get up! 1095 01:27:31,490 --> 01:27:34,410 - Why not? It's a chair. - No, it... That is not a chair! 1096 01:27:34,490 --> 01:27:36,500 That is... That... 1097 01:27:36,580 --> 01:27:40,250 - That is Saint Edward's chair. - People have carved their names on it. 1098 01:27:40,330 --> 01:27:41,920 That chair is the seat on which every King... 1099 01:27:42,000 --> 01:27:45,550 - It's held in place by a large rock. - That is the Stone of Scone! 1100 01:27:45,630 --> 01:27:50,260 - You are trivializing everything. - I don't care how many royal assholes 1101 01:27:50,340 --> 01:27:52,340 - ...have sat on this chair. - Listen to me! Listen to me! 1102 01:27:52,430 --> 01:27:54,720 - Listen to you? By what right? - By Divine Right, if you must. 1103 01:27:54,810 --> 01:27:55,930 - I am your King! - No, you're not. 1104 01:27:56,020 --> 01:27:58,310 You told me so yourself. You said you didn't want it. 1105 01:27:58,390 --> 01:27:59,690 Why should I waste my time listening to you? 1106 01:27:59,770 --> 01:28:02,900 Because I have a right to be heard! I have a voice! 1107 01:28:08,240 --> 01:28:09,860 Yes, you do. 1108 01:28:19,500 --> 01:28:23,460 You have such perseverance, Bertie. You're the bravest man I know. 1109 01:28:23,540 --> 01:28:25,840 You'll make a bloody good King. 1110 01:28:33,430 --> 01:28:37,390 - What on earth is going on, sir? - It's quite all right, Archbishop. 1111 01:28:37,470 --> 01:28:39,140 Mr. Logue, you must know that 1112 01:28:39,230 --> 01:28:43,020 I've found a replacement English specialist with impeccable credentials. 1113 01:28:43,100 --> 01:28:46,650 Hence, your services will no longer be required. 1114 01:28:46,730 --> 01:28:48,690 - I'm sorry? - Your Majesty's function 1115 01:28:48,780 --> 01:28:51,740 is to consult and be advised. Now, you didn't consult, 1116 01:28:51,820 --> 01:28:57,120 - ...but you have just been advised. - And now I advise you. 1117 01:28:57,200 --> 01:29:03,120 In this personal matter, I will make my own decision. 1118 01:29:03,290 --> 01:29:07,960 My concern is for the head on which I must place the crown. 1119 01:29:08,050 --> 01:29:10,170 I appreciate that, Archbishop. 1120 01:29:11,920 --> 01:29:13,760 But it's my head. 1121 01:29:15,010 --> 01:29:16,970 Your humble servant. 1122 01:29:24,190 --> 01:29:25,770 Thank you, Bertie. 1123 01:29:28,150 --> 01:29:31,610 Shall we rehearse? Come on. Up on your perch. 1124 01:29:39,040 --> 01:29:42,200 Now, when you and Elizabeth enter through the West door, 1125 01:29:42,290 --> 01:29:46,420 you will be greeted by the hymn "I was glad when they said unto me." 1126 01:29:46,500 --> 01:29:49,800 Actually, you won't be that glad because they do sing it for a very long time. 1127 01:29:51,460 --> 01:29:56,680 Then your friend, the Archbishop, will ponce up the stairs towards you, 1128 01:29:56,760 --> 01:30:02,060 and say, "Sir, is Your Majesty willing to take the oath?" 1129 01:30:02,140 --> 01:30:05,640 - "I am willing." - Well, of course you are. 1130 01:30:05,730 --> 01:30:07,900 I'm gonna see what this sounds like in the cheap seats, 1131 01:30:07,980 --> 01:30:10,400 so even your old nanny can hear. 1132 01:30:10,480 --> 01:30:15,240 "Will you govern your peoples, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, 1133 01:30:15,320 --> 01:30:18,240 Australia and New Zealand, 1134 01:30:18,320 --> 01:30:22,290 according to their lands and customs?" 1135 01:30:22,370 --> 01:30:24,700 - "I SOLEMNLY PROMISE TO DO SO!" - Louder. 1136 01:30:24,790 --> 01:30:28,580 - I can't hear you up the back. - "I solemnly promise to do so." 1137 01:30:28,670 --> 01:30:31,750 Very good. "And will you, to your power, 1138 01:30:31,840 --> 01:30:36,930 cause Law and Justice, in Mercy to be executed in all your judgments?" 1139 01:30:37,010 --> 01:30:38,890 "I will. "I WILL!" 1140 01:30:38,970 --> 01:30:42,010 Then there's a very long bit about upholding the faith. It goes on, 1141 01:30:42,100 --> 01:30:44,850 rubbish, rubbish, rubbish, to which you finally say... 1142 01:30:44,930 --> 01:30:50,860 "The things which I have... here before promised, 1143 01:30:50,940 --> 01:30:54,730 I will perform and keep. So help me God." 1144 01:30:55,320 --> 01:30:58,200 And that's all you say. Four short responses. 1145 01:30:58,280 --> 01:31:01,700 Kiss the book, sign the oath, and you're King. 1146 01:31:02,450 --> 01:31:03,450 Easy. 1147 01:31:16,800 --> 01:31:19,720 You nearly crowned him backwards, Archbishop. 1148 01:31:21,220 --> 01:31:25,310 Someone had removed the thread marking the back of the crown, sir. 1149 01:31:25,390 --> 01:31:27,640 Try not to lose the thread, Archbishop. 1150 01:31:28,560 --> 01:31:31,230 Archbishop, we're missing Papa. 1151 01:31:33,690 --> 01:31:37,030 - God save the King. - Very good. 1152 01:31:37,570 --> 01:31:39,280 Very good, Archbishop. 1153 01:31:40,280 --> 01:31:43,780 Well, I hope Your Majesties are thrilled with the result. 1154 01:31:43,870 --> 01:31:49,000 - You can switch that machine off. - No, wait. Keep going. 1155 01:31:49,080 --> 01:31:51,460 - Nazism has held its great convention. - Do take a seat, Archbishop. 1156 01:31:51,540 --> 01:31:53,750 Masses of uniformed men, stupefying to the eye, 1157 01:31:53,840 --> 01:31:57,340 and incredible to the imagination have stood in spellbound audience... 1158 01:31:57,420 --> 01:31:59,970 ...of the Fuhrer. 1159 01:32:10,480 --> 01:32:14,020 - Papao Papa, what's he saying? - Hmm? 1160 01:32:14,110 --> 01:32:18,280 I don't know, but he seems to be saying it rather well. 1161 01:32:37,760 --> 01:32:42,590 Sir... I have asked to see you today 1162 01:32:42,680 --> 01:32:46,810 in order to tender my resignation as Prime Minister. 1163 01:32:48,270 --> 01:32:51,600 I'm so sorry to hear that, Mr. Baldwin. 1164 01:32:51,690 --> 01:32:55,360 Neville Chamberlain will take my place as Prime Minister. 1165 01:32:55,440 --> 01:33:00,030 It's a matter of principle. I was mistaken. 1166 01:33:00,110 --> 01:33:03,660 I have found it impossible to believe 1167 01:33:03,740 --> 01:33:07,080 that there is any man in the world 1168 01:33:07,160 --> 01:33:12,250 so lacking in moral feeling as Hitler, 1169 01:33:12,330 --> 01:33:16,880 that the world may be hurled for a second time 1170 01:33:16,960 --> 01:33:20,260 into the abyss of destructive war. 1171 01:33:21,840 --> 01:33:24,680 Churchill was right all along. 1172 01:33:24,760 --> 01:33:27,300 This was always Hitler's intention. 1173 01:33:28,560 --> 01:33:33,180 I'm only very sorry to leave you at this great time of crisis. 1174 01:33:35,810 --> 01:33:41,820 I'm very much afraid, sir, that your greatest test is yet to come. 1175 01:33:47,070 --> 01:33:49,410 I am speaking to you... 1176 01:33:49,490 --> 01:33:54,620 ...from the Cabinet room at 10 Downing Street. 1177 01:33:54,710 --> 01:33:58,960 This morning, the British ambassador in Berlin 1178 01:33:59,050 --> 01:34:03,050 handed the German government a final note 1179 01:34:03,130 --> 01:34:08,800 stating that unless we heard from them by 11:00, 1180 01:34:08,890 --> 01:34:14,020 that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland, 1181 01:34:14,100 --> 01:34:17,440 ...a state of war would exist between us. 1182 01:34:19,230 --> 01:34:25,150 I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received, 1183 01:34:25,240 --> 01:34:30,780 and that, consequently, this country is at war with Germany. 1184 01:34:36,420 --> 01:34:38,880 At last, sir, here is your speech. 1185 01:34:39,750 --> 01:34:41,960 You are on air at six. 1186 01:34:42,050 --> 01:34:46,590 I have timed it to just under nine minutes. 1187 01:34:46,680 --> 01:34:49,300 The wording is fully approved. 1188 01:34:49,390 --> 01:34:52,100 The Prime Minister will be joining you for the broadcast, 1189 01:34:52,180 --> 01:34:54,890 which will go out live across the nation, the Empire 1190 01:34:54,980 --> 01:34:58,310 - ...and to our armed forces. - Get Logue here immediately. 1191 01:35:12,870 --> 01:35:15,620 - There's the barrage balloons. - Yes. 1192 01:35:17,370 --> 01:35:20,040 - They got them up there quickly. - Yeah. 1193 01:35:24,880 --> 01:35:28,300 1194 01:35:32,640 --> 01:35:35,350 - Shall we pull over and find a shelter? - No, no. Go straight there. 1195 01:35:35,430 --> 01:35:36,850 We'll be all right. 1196 01:35:46,320 --> 01:35:48,450 - Yes, sir? - Lionel Logue. 1197 01:35:48,530 --> 01:35:51,700 Major Hartley is expecting me. This is my son, Laurie. 1198 01:35:59,330 --> 01:36:01,670 - Thank you, Laurie. - Good luck, Dad. 1199 01:36:08,010 --> 01:36:09,510 - The King's speech. - Thank you, sir. 1200 01:36:09,590 --> 01:36:12,430 We have about 40 minutes to the broadcast. 1201 01:36:14,600 --> 01:36:17,850 Thank you very much. Thank you. 1202 01:36:17,930 --> 01:36:21,690 There may be dark days ahead... 1203 01:36:22,560 --> 01:36:25,480 ...and... - Try again. 1204 01:36:29,360 --> 01:36:33,660 There may be dark days ahead, and... 1205 01:36:35,030 --> 01:36:38,290 Turn the hesitations into pauses and say to yourself, "God save the King." 1206 01:36:38,370 --> 01:36:42,040 I say that continuously, but apparently no one's listening. 1207 01:36:42,120 --> 01:36:45,130 Long pauses are good. They add solemnity to great occasions. 1208 01:36:45,210 --> 01:36:48,250 Then I'm the solemnest king who ever lived. 1209 01:36:48,340 --> 01:36:52,880 You know, if I'm a king, where's my power? 1210 01:36:52,970 --> 01:36:54,800 Can I... can I form a government? 1211 01:36:54,890 --> 01:36:58,260 Can I... can I... levy a tax? 1212 01:36:58,350 --> 01:37:00,810 Declare a... a war? No. 1213 01:37:00,890 --> 01:37:04,100 And yet I'm the seat of all authority. Why? Because... 1214 01:37:04,690 --> 01:37:07,980 ...the nation believes that when I... I speak, 1215 01:37:08,070 --> 01:37:10,320 I speak for them. But I can't speak. 1216 01:37:12,030 --> 01:37:15,030 Let's take it all again from the top. "In this grave hour." 1217 01:37:27,340 --> 01:37:31,300 In this grave hour... Fuck, fuck, fuck. 1218 01:37:31,380 --> 01:37:34,680 Perhaps the most fateful in our history... Bugger, shit, shit. 1219 01:37:34,760 --> 01:37:38,390 I send to every household of my... 1220 01:37:40,520 --> 01:37:43,350 You see, "P" is always difficult, even when I'm singing. 1221 01:37:43,440 --> 01:37:45,350 Bounce on to it. "A peoples." 1222 01:37:45,440 --> 01:37:48,230 A people. A people. 1223 01:37:48,320 --> 01:37:52,940 Household of my peoples, both at home 1224 01:37:53,030 --> 01:37:55,320 - ...and overseas. - Beautiful. 1225 01:37:55,410 --> 01:37:58,240 This message... Doo-dah 1226 01:37:58,330 --> 01:38:01,240 Spoken with the same depth of feeling, Doo-dah day, 1227 01:38:01,330 --> 01:38:04,210 ...for each one of you, as if I were able to... 1228 01:38:04,290 --> 01:38:08,840 Shit, fuck, bugger! ...cross your threshold and speak to you... 1229 01:38:10,130 --> 01:38:12,210 In your head now. "I have a right to be bloody well heard." 1230 01:38:12,300 --> 01:38:15,880 Bloody well heard, bloody well heard myself! 1231 01:38:15,970 --> 01:38:19,050 Now, waltz. Move. Get continuous movement. 1232 01:38:19,140 --> 01:38:23,430 "For the second time in the lives of most of us... 1233 01:38:23,520 --> 01:38:26,980 - "We are at..." - "We are," take a pause. 1234 01:38:27,060 --> 01:38:30,570 - Lionel, I can't do this. - Bertie, you can do it. 1235 01:38:32,480 --> 01:38:35,860 - Have a look at the last paragraph. - Bertie. It's time. 1236 01:38:38,370 --> 01:38:41,530 There he is. 1237 01:38:49,630 --> 01:38:52,300 - Archbishop. - Your Majesty. 1238 01:38:53,130 --> 01:38:55,510 A great moment, Sir. 1239 01:38:59,300 --> 01:39:01,640 - Prime Minister. - Your Majesty. 1240 01:39:03,520 --> 01:39:08,520 Nice to see you... again so soon. 1241 01:39:13,650 --> 01:39:15,900 Good of you to be here. I'm sure you have had... 1242 01:39:18,240 --> 01:39:21,370 - ...a rather busy day. - I hope we have no more interruptions... 1243 01:39:21,450 --> 01:39:25,620 - ...from those damn sirens, sir. - Or the wretched dogs. 1244 01:39:27,000 --> 01:39:29,290 Congrat... Congratulations. 1245 01:39:29,380 --> 01:39:33,000 - First Lord of the Admiralty. - Your Majesty. 1246 01:39:36,170 --> 01:39:39,970 The long... walk. 1247 01:39:42,140 --> 01:39:43,970 Good luck, sir. 1248 01:39:45,430 --> 01:39:48,690 I, too, dread this apparatus. 1249 01:39:49,560 --> 01:39:51,900 Had a speech impediment myself, you know. 1250 01:39:52,860 --> 01:39:56,820 - I didn't. - Family secret. Tongue-tied. 1251 01:39:56,900 --> 01:39:59,530 An operation was considered to be too dangerous. 1252 01:39:59,610 --> 01:40:03,320 I eventually made an asset of it. 1253 01:40:06,250 --> 01:40:08,960 - Thank you, Mr. Churchill. - Sir. 1254 01:40:09,040 --> 01:40:10,500 Darling. 1255 01:40:10,580 --> 01:40:13,750 - How long, Logue? - Just under three minutes. 1256 01:40:44,410 --> 01:40:46,660 - Mr. Wood. - Good luck, Your Majesty. 1257 01:40:49,960 --> 01:40:51,080 Mr. Wood. 1258 01:40:52,040 --> 01:40:55,540 - You've redecorated, Logue. - I made it cozy. 1259 01:40:57,300 --> 01:41:00,550 - Some fresh air. - There you are, darling. 1260 01:41:05,260 --> 01:41:06,890 I'm a thistle-sifter. 1261 01:41:06,970 --> 01:41:10,060 I've a sieve of sifted thistles and a sieve of unsifted thistles. 1262 01:41:10,140 --> 01:41:13,770 A sieve of sifted thistles and a sieve of unsifted thistles. 1263 01:41:13,850 --> 01:41:15,980 - Because I'm... - Bertie. Darling. 1264 01:41:16,070 --> 01:41:18,190 Make sure it's not switched on. 1265 01:41:18,280 --> 01:41:20,150 Remember, the red light will blink four times, 1266 01:41:20,240 --> 01:41:21,990 then I've asked them to turn it off. 1267 01:41:22,070 --> 01:41:25,110 'Cause we don't want that evil eye staring at you all the way through. 1268 01:41:26,660 --> 01:41:28,490 One minute, sir. 1269 01:41:30,540 --> 01:41:32,660 I'm sure you'll be splendid. 1270 01:41:44,680 --> 01:41:46,260 Forty seconds, sir. 1271 01:41:49,180 --> 01:41:50,770 Logue. 1272 01:41:51,600 --> 01:41:53,850 However this turns out... 1273 01:41:55,350 --> 01:41:58,650 ...I don't know how to thank you... for what you've done. 1274 01:42:01,530 --> 01:42:03,110 Knighthood? 1275 01:42:07,570 --> 01:42:09,240 Twenty seconds. 1276 01:42:15,080 --> 01:42:19,290 Forget everything else, and just say it to me. 1277 01:42:20,550 --> 01:42:23,340 Say it to me as a friend. 1278 01:43:04,800 --> 01:43:06,920 In this grave... 1279 01:43:08,340 --> 01:43:09,890 ...hour... 1280 01:43:15,810 --> 01:43:21,770 ...perhaps the most fateful in our history... 1281 01:43:24,110 --> 01:43:26,490 ...I send... 1282 01:43:26,570 --> 01:43:29,110 ...to every household of my... 1283 01:43:31,910 --> 01:43:33,740 ...a- peoples... 1284 01:43:36,330 --> 01:43:38,210 ...both at home... 1285 01:43:42,380 --> 01:43:44,420 ...and overseas... 1286 01:43:53,930 --> 01:43:55,970 ...this message... 1287 01:43:56,980 --> 01:44:01,690 ...spoken with the same depth of feeling... 1288 01:44:02,480 --> 01:44:04,480 ...for each one of you... 1289 01:44:04,980 --> 01:44:10,070 ...as if I were able to cross your threshold 1290 01:44:10,160 --> 01:44:14,370 and speak to you... myself. 1291 01:44:18,000 --> 01:44:22,790 For the second time in the lives of most of us... 1292 01:44:22,880 --> 01:44:25,420 ...we are... at... 1293 01:44:25,500 --> 01:44:26,840 Fuck, fuck, fuck! 1294 01:44:26,920 --> 01:44:28,170 ...at war. 1295 01:44:29,130 --> 01:44:30,590 Very good. 1296 01:44:32,180 --> 01:44:36,430 Over and over again... 1297 01:44:37,520 --> 01:44:40,890 ...we have tried to find... 1298 01:44:42,850 --> 01:44:48,690 ...a peaceful way out of the differences... 1299 01:44:49,740 --> 01:44:52,360 ...between ourselves... 1300 01:44:52,450 --> 01:44:53,990 ...and those... 1301 01:44:54,700 --> 01:45:00,040 ...who are now our... enemies. 1302 01:45:02,040 --> 01:45:06,040 But it has been... in vain. 1303 01:45:06,880 --> 01:45:11,920 We have been forced into a conflict, 1304 01:45:12,010 --> 01:45:16,930 for we are called to meet the challenge of a principle, 1305 01:45:17,010 --> 01:45:21,230 which, if it were to prevail, 1306 01:45:21,310 --> 01:45:25,860 would be fatal to any civilized order 1307 01:45:25,940 --> 01:45:27,980 in the world. 1308 01:45:28,900 --> 01:45:31,570 Such a principle, 1309 01:45:31,650 --> 01:45:37,580 stripped of all disguise, 1310 01:45:37,660 --> 01:45:40,790 is surely the mere... 1311 01:45:43,920 --> 01:45:47,880 ...primitive doctrine that might... 1312 01:45:49,420 --> 01:45:51,010 ...is right. 1313 01:45:51,970 --> 01:45:57,800 For the sake of all that we ourselves hold dear, 1314 01:45:57,890 --> 01:46:01,470 it is unthinkable 1315 01:46:01,560 --> 01:46:06,230 that we should refuse to meet... 1316 01:46:06,310 --> 01:46:07,980 ...the challenge. 1317 01:46:10,530 --> 01:46:15,280 It is to this high purpose 1318 01:46:15,360 --> 01:46:18,030 that I now call 1319 01:46:18,120 --> 01:46:22,080 my people at home, 1320 01:46:22,160 --> 01:46:26,670 and my peoples across the seas, 1321 01:46:26,750 --> 01:46:31,500 who will make our cause their own. 1322 01:46:31,590 --> 01:46:36,590 I ask them to stand calm 1323 01:46:36,680 --> 01:46:39,850 and firm and united 1324 01:46:39,930 --> 01:46:43,970 in this time of trial. 1325 01:46:44,060 --> 01:46:46,810 The task will be hard. 1326 01:46:47,770 --> 01:46:51,730 There may be dark days ahead, 1327 01:46:51,820 --> 01:46:57,660 and war can no longer be confined 1328 01:46:57,740 --> 01:47:00,030 to the battlefield. 1329 01:47:00,120 --> 01:47:03,120 But we can only do the right 1330 01:47:03,200 --> 01:47:05,790 as we see the right, 1331 01:47:05,870 --> 01:47:09,830 and reverently commit 1332 01:47:09,920 --> 01:47:14,380 Our cause to God. 1333 01:47:16,260 --> 01:47:19,930 If one and all we keep 1334 01:47:20,010 --> 01:47:24,930 resolutely faithful to it, 1335 01:47:25,020 --> 01:47:30,940 then, with God's help, 1336 01:47:31,020 --> 01:47:34,900 we shall... prevail. 1337 01:47:38,360 --> 01:47:42,370 1338 01:47:50,000 --> 01:47:51,630 It was very good, Bertie. 1339 01:48:06,480 --> 01:48:09,230 You still stammered on the "W." 1340 01:48:10,150 --> 01:48:14,060 Well, I had to throw in a few, so they knew it was me. 1341 01:48:18,860 --> 01:48:21,950 Congratulations, Your Majesty. A true broadcaster. 1342 01:48:22,030 --> 01:48:23,740 Thank you, Mr. Wood. 1343 01:48:26,790 --> 01:48:29,120 - Congratulations, Your Majesty. - Sir. 1344 01:48:30,080 --> 01:48:33,080 - Congratulations, Your Majesty. - Thank you. 1345 01:48:43,430 --> 01:48:44,800 Ready. 1346 01:48:45,810 --> 01:48:48,100 - Good? - Perfect, sir. 1347 01:48:49,270 --> 01:48:52,560 Your first wartime speech. 1348 01:48:52,650 --> 01:48:54,520 Congratulations. 1349 01:48:54,610 --> 01:48:59,690 I expect I shall have to... do a great deal more. 1350 01:49:03,030 --> 01:49:04,780 Thank you, Logue. 1351 01:49:14,170 --> 01:49:15,670 Well done. 1352 01:49:16,960 --> 01:49:18,630 My friend. 1353 01:49:20,300 --> 01:49:22,050 Thank you... 1354 01:49:22,880 --> 01:49:24,300 ...Your Majesty. 1355 01:49:36,730 --> 01:49:38,520 I knew you'd be good. 1356 01:49:47,530 --> 01:49:50,910 Thank you... Lionel. 1357 01:49:53,960 --> 01:49:55,420 Onwards. 1358 01:49:56,210 --> 01:49:59,550 - Congratulations, sir. - Well done, sir. 1359 01:49:59,630 --> 01:50:01,590 Couldn't have said it better myself, sir. 1360 01:50:01,670 --> 01:50:04,680 Your Majesty, I am speechless. 1361 01:50:04,760 --> 01:50:08,140 - Congratulations, sir. - Gentlemen. 1362 01:50:10,350 --> 01:50:14,850 - So how was Papa, Elizabeth? - Halting at first, 1363 01:50:14,940 --> 01:50:19,690 - But you got much better, Papa. - Well, bless you. 1364 01:50:20,570 --> 01:50:24,280 - And how about you, Margaret? - You were just splendid, Papa. 1365 01:50:24,360 --> 01:50:26,780 Of course I was. 1366 01:50:27,870 --> 01:50:29,950 Are we all ready? 1367 01:50:30,040 --> 01:50:31,540 Come on, girls. 1368 01:50:32,305 --> 01:50:38,933 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org