Royal nod for King's speech

Updated on: 07 February,2011 07:18 AM IST |
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Queen Elizabeth II approves film on her father's battle with speech impediment

Queen Elizabeth II approves film on her father's battle with speech impediment

The movie portrays her father King George VI's battle against his speech impediment and also features a young Princess Elizabeth.

Queen Elizabeth II (then Princess Elizabeth, centre) with her parents King George VI and Queen Elizabeth I

The Queen was given a private screening of the film and sources have said she found the portrayal "moving".

Actor Colin Firth stars in the lead role, which depicts King George VI's attempts to overcome his acute stutter in the lead up to his coronation in 1936.

Screenwriter David Seidler, who was asked by the Queen Mother to delay writing the script, said approval from the Queen was the ultimate honour.
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"When her mother asked me 30 years ago to wait, because the memory of these events were still too painful, I understood the intense feelings that were involved," he said.

"And now that the film has been written and made with love, and respect, and admiration, the fact that Her Majesty has recognised this is incredibly and wonderfully gratifying."

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