6. More weight & importance was given to Royal events, speeches and broadcasts back then than today; today with all the multimedia + twitter & web the Royal Family is nowhere near respected and regarded as back then.
7. Sparsely positioned Barrage Balloons were considered an effective defence against the Luftwaffe Air Raids.
8. Apparently King George VI was more popular than Winston Churchill.
9. Princess Elizabeth was more critical and honest of her Father than Princess Margaret.
10. A stretched little finger to thumb is an ideal distance of chin from microphone.
11. “I have a sieve full of sifted thistles and a sieve full of unsifted thistles, because I am a thistle sifter.”
12. Shouting vowel sounds out an open window may annoy the neighbors but is ideal for boosting confidence.
13. The death of a King will apparently have no effect whatsoever on his grandchildren.
14. It's probably a good idea to perform a background check on any nannies you hire.
15. Whatever Lionel was charging his patients it was not enough to have adequate heat in his home.
16. If you want an introverted, repressed man to talk about his childhood, let him put together a model airplane.
17. Perth has an enthusiastic audience for Shakespeare.
18. Bertie was naturally left handed.
19. The Royal Family could travel without any security.
20. Bertie's name in the navy was Johnson.
21. If you're a Duke having speech therapy, it's possible to keep it entirely secret from everyone except your older brother. Even if you're there every single day.
22. Said older brother may be a jerk, but he's very good at arranging introductions.
23. Kinging keeps one terribly busy.
24. "Unorthodox" and "controversial" are not the Queen's favorite words.
25. "Albert" is too Germanic to use once you're King.
26. Being the Duke of York is like being an indentured servant.
27. Knighthood is official proof that you're an idiot.
28. Talking about childhood abuse is easier if you sing it.
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29. If you are waiting for an apology for a King, you can be waiting for an very long time.
30. "I have a voice" even if I stammer.
31. British royalty doesn't even carry enough cash to cover a one shilling wager.
share32. You have to close the outer door as well in order for a lift to work
33. Gargling a glass of water is ideal preparation for a radio broadcast
34. Elland Road makes a rather fine Wembley
Oh, why do I have to be Mr. Pink?
"17. Perth has an enthusiastic audience for Shakespeare."
EFF YEAH WE DO!!! We have the only Fortune Theatre replica in the Southern Hemisphere, New Fortune (original) at the University of Western Australia in Crawley. I saw my friend as Macbeth there last year. PERTH FTW.
My excitement could only be expressed in caps.
There is no Wallaby Way in Sydney :(
16. If you want an introverted, repressed man to talk about his childhood, let him put together a model airplane.
"15. Whatever Lionel was charging his patients it was not enough to have adequate heat in his home."
Traditionally the brits DO NOT heat their homes.
Umm when were you last in a British home|?
shareLast November during the extreme cold spell, and I nearly caught pneumonia due to lack of heating.
In any case, you might note the use of the term "traditionally", so I was not thinking about the second decade of the 21st Century, rather back in the 1930s when The King's Speech took place. Fair enough?
You were unfortunate in where you stayed then. I can't think of anywhere without central heating these days. Well in the 30's/40's I don't expect the UK was the only place without central heating. Has everywhere in the US got central heating/air conditioning now?.
I was born in the very late 30's and I got TB as a small child. The house we lived in was very damp as well as cold. But getting the war over and clearing up after it was more important than central heating in those days.
I'm under the impression they only heated one room at a time at least into the 1970s. Kitchen/breakfast room in the morning, parlor or family room (or wherever you hung out) in the evening. Don't know if they EVER heated the bedrooms.
share43.) No matter how "well meaning" a parents is, they can cause PERMANENT, irreversable damage to their child that makes them a defective ADULT well into their 40's! and
44.) You can't just scream: "Get over it" and expect the adult of child abuse to recover instantly.
45.) It takes a lot of therapy to reverse the damage parents inflicted on you, even then you may not make a 100% perfect recovery, therefore:
46.) Most people should NEVER have children because they're too selfish and would make rotten parents.
Parents should not limit their interaction with their chidlren to a daily viewing, nor should they give their responsibilities over to a nanny who has no love for the children and perhaps even has a sadistic streak.
Those conceive and give birth to children for political reasons ("hiers") and then give them over to nannies to raise can hardly be called "parents".
50. Believe it or not, reading aloud DOES help stuttering (and putting on headphones works even better because if you can't HEAR yourself, you don't get anxious).
51. I know the above is true because I used to stutter as a child. (Reading aloud as fast as I could cured me of it).
I can give as good as I get. Remember that.
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62. People have carved their names into St. Edwards' Chair.
63. The Archbishop of Canterbury was also a stutterer in a former life.
64. Churchill twitches his face surprisingly like The Mikado.
65. Before radio all a king had to do was not fall off his horse.
66. Queen Mary had the emotional range of an armadillo.
"Mice work in mysterious ways."
"No, dear. That's God."
>>63. The Archbishop of Canterbury was also a stutterer in a former life.
by you, I like the "I, Claudius" reference, there. Good one!
67- That King George V along with Churchill had LISPS at one time in both there lives.
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not allways. At the flat movies like this one they do.
Listen to your enemy, for God is talking
For a lot of movies with inconsistencies they do. For this movie it doesn't because people are just reciting plot elements that are in no way stupid or laughable.
Get on the scale! Get off the scale.
68 - Royal Ar$eholes sat in St Edward's chair
69 - Bertie sounds a bit like Elmer Fudd
70 - you don't have to care if your movie really works. Just put the Beethoven's Allegretto at the ending sequence, and you won.
Listen to your enemy, for God is talking
71. The Actor who played the Archbishop played another famous stutterer, Emperor Claudius.
"Hitler! C'mon, I'll buy you a glass of lemonade."
72. Even kings go bonkers for MILFs.
73. Hitler can be inspiring.
74. Stamp collecting is the "approved" royal hobby.
75. People in the 30's have no taste in wallpaper.
76. microphones during that time can be that big and terrifying.
Truth inexorably,inscrutably seeks and reveals Itself into the Light.
77. Wallis Simpson was a ferocious bitch, and kind of a slut.
78. If you are royalty, you can take an elevator to the basement, and still somehow end up on the TOP FLOOR of the building!!!!!
^^ am I the only one who noticed that?
79. Queen Elizabeth was once cute.
80. Even Kings have to master that epicene hand wave.
I still think Tony DiNozzo Sr. is a spy/NCIS
81. Shy stammering King's can also be afraid of HEIGHTS and MOB like crowds of people. 82.Because of Father's and certain Brother's King's can also have massive, raving INFERIORITY COMPLEXES.
share81.Painting model air planes is a very good reward system.
82. Re-enacting Shakespeare is a very good activity to kill time
I noticed that too, and some others in old threads.
I think it's one of those "goofs" or "gaffes", which appears every movie have, one way or the other.
Truth inexorably,inscrutably seeks and reveals Itself into the Light.
Bump and
83) Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret were mentally challenged children who thought toy horses were real.
84) Palaces have more rooms than royal estates.
85) Dont bother inviting the King & Queen to dinner. They'd love to, but have a previous engagement.
86) Princes fly themselves home.
"I hardly know, which way is up, or which way down" - "I Feel Possessed", Neil Finn
87. Edward VIII was a complicated little king.
88. For a duchess, sitting on your husband's tummy while he is breathing deeply is jolly good fun
89. Sucking smoke into your lungs will kill you.
90. Actors are the lowest and basest of all creatures.
91. Royal stutterers who otherwise overcome their vocal challenges should stammer on a "W" a few times so everyone will know it's them.
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