Did you know that screenwriter David Seidler began research for this movie in the 1980s, but the Queen Mother (Elizabeth in the movie) asked him to drop it until she died? Neither of them probably knew that she would live to be over one hundred years old. (Source)

David Seidler had a very personal reason for writing The King's Speech. He also developed a bad speech impediment after his parents were killed during the Holocaust. That's why he was so inspired when he first heard the story of King George VI. (Source)

Funny enough, director Tom Hooper first heard about The King's Speech from his mom, who attended a reading of the script and called her son to say, "I've just found your next project." (Source)