The real story of George VI The King's Speech.

The story of how speech therapist Lionel Logue helped George VI overcome his stammer, told in "The King's Speech," looks set for Oscars success. Logue's grandson takes CNN through letters revealing the pair's extraordinary friendship.

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[m3gadinum8]

woah.. the W joke thing was actually in the movie! that is awesome..

[matonmagic]

This is beautiful. BUT WHY DOESNT THE GUY HAVE GLOVES ON. Sorry its just this memorabillia is so valuable. THANKYOU FOR POSTING. Loved it.

[2mbR8erShan]

@toddsmitts LOVE Paul Bettany! It's so hard to see anyone else in the role now, but if he dyed his hair, he could have been Bertie. Hugh I can't see in the role at all. Both turned down a plum part, though! Thanks for the info.

[toddsmitts]

@2mbR8erShan Well, their first choice for Bertie was Paul Bettany. Their second choice was Hugh Grant, who I think is SLIGHTLY younger. (Both turned down the role)

[Lilithly]

please let this just be copies...

[harley55100]

There are other famous people who had a stammer at some time in their lives. Thomas Jefferson, our 3rd POTUS and author of the Declaration of Independence, was known to have had a speech defect and, like King George VI, he hated public speaking as well and tried to stay away from it as much as he could during his presidency; Isaac Newton, the great physicist and inventor of calculus, also had a stammer and hated public speaking; Virgil, the great Roman poet, was also afflicted with a stammer.

[harley55100]

"Hi, from my internet research, the people who knew Lionel said he was infinitely patient with the people he worked with, which is a very good thing in respect to the King since is widely known that George VI had a quick temper."

Speech therapists, as a whole, know they have to be patient and understanding since stammerers go through life meeting people who would either lose interest in what the stutterer has to say or shun him to avoid embarrassment, which only exacerbates the stammering.

[mamaes61]

We are all grateful to people like Lionel who gave all his patiece and love to education. This story is inspiring to educators all over the world. Thanks.

My deep respect.

[MsZathras]

Thanks for posting - very interesting!

(I wondered about handling the docs. with no gloves also.)

[TheJazzie64]

Because he is the grandson of Lionel who was the speech theapist so I guess he has been handling it for a while

[Jahala2570415]

This video is very enlightening to the truth of the friendship of the king and Logue

[helmuthoorn]

King George VI had NO difficulties expressing himself on paper.