King George VI
Of the United Kingdom
Biography Albert Frederick Arthur George
14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952
He was the last Emperor of India
Reign: 11 December 1936 – 14 August 1947
As the second son of King George V, he was not expected to inherit the throne and spent his early life in the shadow of his elder brother, Edward. He served in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force during the First World War and after it took on the usual round of public engagements. He married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923 and they had two daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret.
Review The King’s Speech
Prince Albert, Duke of York, the second son of King George V, stammers through his speech closing the 1925 British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Stadium, while the resulting ordeal is being broadcast by radio worldwide. The Duke has given up hope of a cure, but his wife Elizabeth persuades him to see Lionel Logue, an Australian speech therapist in London……
This story is about his courage and hope of him and his wife that the duke will pass every test and difficulties he faces through stammer….
This movie shows us:
Support
Perseverance
Unconditional Love
Self-fulfilling prophecies
Support
The protagonist’s wife is his sole pillar of strength. Her unconditional support and faith in her husband is inspiring. The wife’s acts and gestures clearly show what faith and support can do to a person. When you lose faith in your very self, and someone else relentlessly works towards reinstating that confidence in you, it changes your world for ever, for the better. If the protagonist did not have the support that he received from his better half, he might not have turned into what he went on to become, given that he was already devastated and low on self-confidence.
The Lesson When you are on the brink of giving up by virtue of losing faith in yourself, the faith another person has in you can turnaround