THE KINGS SPEECH is based on the true story of Queen Elizabeth IIs father and his remarkable friendship with maverick speech therapist Lionel Logue. Fascinating, moving and often humorous it charts the personal relationship that developed between Englands reluctant King George VI, plagued by a nervous stammer, and his irreverent Australian speech therapist. \r
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As the second son of George V, Prince Albert Bertie was not expected to ascend to the throne, but when his brother Edward abdicates to marry American Wallis Simpson, Bertie, as his successor, is crowned King George VI. \r
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George becomes King as radio is taking off as a mass medium and the Second World War looms. Thrust into the international spotlight he must speak not only to the nation but to the people of the British Empire, across the world. His wife, Queen Elizabeth -- the future Queen Mother -- is tireless in her belief in him. Having tried all the traditional doctors she engages unorthodox outsider, Logue, to help him find a voice that can inspire a nation on the brink of war.