The King's Speech Scene 22 Summary

  • George walks with Logue into a large church and greets the archbishop, who tells him that the preparations are underway for his (George's) coronation.
  • The archbishop then walks him around and guides him through the steps that the ceremony will take.
  • George finds out that the ceremony will be broadcast on both radio and television, so he'll be under a lot of pressure to speak well.
  • Logue steps in and tells the archbishop that he'll need privacy in the church to prepare George for the ceremony.
  • The archbishop clearly doesn't take kindly to being spoken to so directly by a commoner like Logue.
  • Moments later, Logue comes walking down the middle row of the abbey and finds George sitting on a plush seat. George confronts Logue for not being a real doctor of speech pathology.
  • Someone (probably the archbishop) has informed George that Logue actually has no formal training in therapy.
  • Logue admits that he has no training, but he says that he was an actor who helped people learned to speak again after they came back from World War I totally shell-shocked and unable to speak. He helped these people by delving into their psychology.
  • Logue says his job was simply to let people speak and let them know someone was listening.
  • George still isn't satisfied, because there's no diploma on Logue's wall. But Logue says there was no such thing as training in speech therapy when he first started. The only thing he has is a ton of experience.
  • George gets out of St. Edward's Chair and paces the room, telling Logue that he should be locked up for treason for pretending to be able to help a king.
  • Now England is on the verge of war and they have a voiceless king they'll never rally behind.
  • When he turns around, George finds Logue sitting in St. Edward's Chair. He freaks out and says that the chair is only for royalty. But Logue isn't interested in fancy titles.
  • Logue asks why he should listen to King George, and King George screams, "Because I have a voice!"
  • This makes Logue pause before saying, "Yes, you do."
  • Logue then stands and tells George that he's the bravest person he knows and that he'll make a great king.
  • The archbishop comes walking in and asks what's going on.
  • He tells Logue he has just found a new speech therapist for the king and that Logue can leave.
  • George tells the archbishop that this won't be necessary and that he'll be keeping Logue.
  • With the archbishop gone, Logue asks George to return to St. Edward's Chair so they can practice his speech for the coronation.