1. Hannah Kofron and Olivia Meyer
The king’s speech
Hannah Kofron and Olivia Meyer

2. Background information
Prince Albert, Duke of York, is the second son of King George V.
Albert repeatedly stammers through many of his speeches, and his wife, Elizabeth, persuades him to visit Lionel Logue, a speech therapist in Perth.
King George V dies, and his first son, Prince David takes the throne as Prince Edward VIII.
King Edward resigns to marry Mrs. Simpson, and Albert accedes as King George VI.
In order speak to the public and be a fit king, George the V hires a speech therapist to fix his stammer.
George successfully finds his voice and leads the country through war

3. Movie Facts
2010 British historical drama
Directed by Tom Hooper
King George VI is played by Colin Firth
His speech therapist, Lionel Logue is played by Geoffrey Rush
The film was written by David Seidler who lived with a speech stammer himself
Won four academy awards and seven British Academy Film Awards

4. accuracies
Rumors of King George VI’s tortured upbringing were not exaggerated.
Left-handed, but forced to write with his right
Suffered humiliation of corrective leg splints to cure knocked knees
His fondness for smoking in the film
Lung cancer
Lionel Logue was Australian, taught acting and enunciation in Perth, and worked with war veterans with PTSD that led to speech impediments.
There is limited footage of King George’s speeches, but from what has been seen his stammer was as bad as the film depicted.

5. Inaccuracies
Stammer appeared around the age of four or five.
King George practiced with a mouthful of marbles as a potential cure
Logue and the King met around the 1930’s.
Winston Churchill backs the resignation of Edward VIII, which put Bertie onto the throne in December 1936.
Logue and the duke did not get along very well.

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