King's voice coach calmed a nation

Updated November 9 2012 - 2:56pm, first published November 9 2010 - 1:15pm
Crowning glory ... Adelaide-born Lionel Logue helped the Duke of York - later King George VI - overcome a chronic stammer.
Crowning glory ... Adelaide-born Lionel Logue helped the Duke of York - later King George VI - overcome a chronic stammer.
The Duke of York, later King George VI, helped by Lionel Logue.
The Duke of York, later King George VI, helped by Lionel Logue.
Gefforey Rush as Lionel Logue in  The King's Speech .
Gefforey Rush as Lionel Logue in The King's Speech .
Colin Firth as King George VI in  The King's Speech .
Colin Firth as King George VI in The King's Speech .

Fleet Street labelled him ''The Quack Who Saved The King''. Some reporters went still further, questioning whether the British monarchy would have survived the Abdication crisis in 1936 without the intervention of an obscure self-taught speech therapist from Australia.

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