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The King's Speech (2010)
Where The King's Speech says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
A king's stammer, filmed in a dozen English buildings: Westminster Abbey is a fenland cathedral, the Wembley crowd is in Yorkshire, and Edinburgh is nowhere to be found.
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Scenes and places
The stadium speech that goes wrong (1925)
Bertie steps up to a microphone before a huge crowd and the empire's radio audience, and his stammer takes over. The failed speech is why his wife starts looking for help.
Set in Wembley Stadium, 1925 British Empire Exhibition — The closing ceremony of the Empire Exhibition, where the Duke of York must address the crowd by radio and loudspeaker. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Wembley Stadium (1923) stood in north-west London and hosted the 1924-25 British Empire Exhibition's closing ceremony.
Filmed at Elland Road, Leeds — Used for the speech itself, the prince stammering through his first public address. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Odsal Stadium, Bradford — Chosen for its curved ends, which resemble 1925 Wembley. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The first session in Lionel's rooms
Bertie, sent by his wife, sits down with a stranger who insists on equal terms. Lionel has him read Hamlet over loud music, and Bertie leaves frustrated with a recording of it.
Set in Lionel Logue's rooms, Harley Street — The speech therapist's consulting rooms where Bertie arrives skeptical and leaves with a recording. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Harley Street in Marylebone is London's long-standing street of private doctors and specialists.
Filmed at 33 Portland Place, London — A high vaulted room here stood in for the real consulting room, which was too small to film in. Coordinates are the street, not the number. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The Duke and Duchess at home
At home Bertie reads to his two daughters, while his wife presses him about the doctor she has found. He insists the matter is settled.
Set in Home of the Duke and Duchess of York — The family's London home, where Bertie is a father to two daughters and a husband whose wife quietly keeps looking for help.
A private London house; the sources name no address.
Filmed at 33 Portland Place, London — The same building doubles as the Yorks' home. Coordinates are the street, not the number. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Learning the wireless
George V tells Bertie that the wireless will carry the royal family into people's homes, and with David neglecting his duties, Bertie must learn it. His own attempt to read the Christmas message fails.
Set in BBC wireless control room — A broadcasting room where the future of the royal family on the radio is discussed and rehearsed.
The BBC began in 1922 and radio was becoming the way a king could be heard across the empire.
Filmed at Battersea Power Station, London — The power station's control room served as the BBC wireless control room. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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A 1930s London street
Bertie's daily treatments with Lionel begin after the recording shows him he can speak without the stammer. The street sets the period.
Set in A London street in the 1930s — Everyday London between the wars; the film sets no specific street.
Pullens Estate is a group of Victorian buildings in Walworth, south London.
The oath at St James's Palace
After George V dies in 1936, David becomes King Edward VIII and the constitutional crisis over Wallis Simpson begins. Bertie watches his brother's folly from the sidelines.
Set in St James's Palace — The royal palace where a new monarch's accession is proclaimed and the oath is taken. Google Maps · Apple Maps
St James's Palace is the senior royal palace in London, where new sovereigns are proclaimed.
Filmed at Drapers' Hall (Livery Hall), London — The Livery Hall of Drapers' Hall stood in for the palace. Coordinates are the Drapers' company, not the hall itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The coronation rehearsal
The king's advisors question Lionel's lack of formal training while the coronation is prepared. Provoked into anger over the coronation chair, Bertie speaks without any stammer and goes on to rehearse the ceremony.
Set in Westminster Abbey — The coronation church where Bertie rehearses and fights with Lionel over the coronation chair and the Stone of Scone. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Coronations have been held at Westminster Abbey since 1066.
Filmed at Ely Cathedral — Used for Westminster Abbey; Lincoln Cathedral matched better, but the crew preferred Ely. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The palace, September 1939 (1939)
War has been declared and the king must broadcast to Britain and the empire. Lionel is summoned to the palace to prepare him, with Lang, Churchill and Chamberlain there for support.
Set in Buckingham Palace — The royal residence where the king prepares for the war broadcast. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Buckingham Palace is the monarch's London residence, with its balcony facing the Mall.
Filmed at Lancaster House, London — Rented at £20,000 per day for the palace interior scenes. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich — Named among the locations in the film; which palace scene it covers is not given in the film article. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at Cumberland Lodge — Several interior and exterior scenes (scene not specified in sources). Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Queen Street Mill, Burnley — A textile mill location listed for the film. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Hatfield House — A location listed for the film. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Knebworth House — A location listed for the film. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Harley Street — Listed among the locations; Lionel's rooms are set here in the story. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- Bertie, Duke of York (later George VI) — The reluctant second son of George V, who stammers and must speak to the empire.
- Lionel Logue — An Australian speech therapist who works from equality and trust.
- Elizabeth, Duchess of York — Bertie's wife, who finds Lionel and keeps pushing the treatment forward.