The King's Speech Scene 2 Summary

  • We flash forward to 1934 (nine years later), where a car pulls up to an address in London's Piccadilly Street.
  • A doctor of some kind tells the Duke of York to take as big a breath of cigarette smoke as he possibly can, saying that smoking cigarettes calms the nerves and gives a person confidence.
  • Wait, was "confidence" code for "cancer" in 1930s England?
  • The doctor (or quack) then gets the duke to put seven large marbles in his mouth. The duke's wife is very skeptical, and the duke nearly chokes on the marbles. He spits them out and rushes away angrily.
  • The duke has a moment alone with his wife, where he stutters at how frustrated he is and asks his wife to promise him he won't have to do any more speech therapy.