The King's Speech

I decided to see the movie The King's Speech which is about King George VI's speech impediment. He had a problem with stammering that had an unhappy effect upon his audience so that his wife sought help for him. She found an Australian man who had had some successes with soldiers mental blocks after suffering and returning home from war duties so that he took it upon himself to help the son of King George V overcome his own stagefright and stammering problems.

King George VI became the successor to his father when his older brother abdicated the throne and crown to marry the love of his life, Wallis Simpson, and lived in exile for many years while his younger brother Albert ruled.

Albert known to the world as King George VI is the father of Queen Elizabeth II and Princes Margaret Rose.

The movie is an excellent film, but is a reminder to me of my stint at Charron Williams College where I studied court reporting. Therefore, I saw through a lot of the dialogue whenever it rang a bell - ding a ling - and made me think of Marvin Morgenstern and Vinnie with its choice select coined phrases.

That will take me to the time when Rocky and Network aired for the first time in Clearwater which was deliberately set for my birthday in February way back then in Florida. I saw both movies in Clearwater.

Another about a president who is killed by his own men also was aired on that day in Clearwater as well...star bangled something or other...can never remember the name of the film.

Anyway the vital stats for King George VI are born December 14, 1895 and died February 6, 1952. Very interesting to me as I put a newsclip on here when he visited New York City and America and visited Washington's tomb. I found that fascinating since December 14 is also the alleged date of Washington's death. Interesting that February 6 is the birthdate of Ronald Reagan. Small, small world, but to see King George VI put a wreath at Washington's tomb absolutely stunned me.

I have a special story about that tomb and the original gravesite which has always stayed in the corners of my mind, after my sojourn to Washington, DC. in the time period of Jimmy Carter and Pope John Paul I and John Paul II.

The movie touched a nerve in me when two years after his coronation, the king is forced to announce that England is officially at war with Germany. Neville Chamberlain was his prime minister then.

Many things came home to me in this film. On September 3, 1939 England declares war and King George VI has to make another public speech, reminding me of Elaine Bruno from Clearwater and Tampa Bay during the court reporting stint.

Vanessa did point out to me that I will be 27 tomorrow. Cute, I laughed as it made me think of Gladstone's Thespian chapter 2772. Yes, reversing it would be nice as I was 27 when I was teaching at GHS. I should not want to return there today though I will admit, but I really learned a lesson in history from this movie and its importance to me.

Radio, t.v., the internet, and security and police have changed all our lives. This film is a reminder of how much, when, where, and how.

I think that if we could see the future we would be surprised to see all these traditions melting away as time changes our lives in so many ways. I would be surprised if England has a monarchy one hundred years from now.

You see the one thing I realized more than anything else is that the Prime Minister in the person of Winston Churchill has always received much more attention than the King or Queen has ever received. Were it not for Princess Diana, the Kings and Queens of England would have quietly faded away. Through the public's insane interest in her fairy tale story, the image of the life of the monarchs changed drastically. I won't be surprised to see it all tumble and fall before very long.

Times are changing, and some old institutions are now so outmoded that like old model t Fords they will go the way of old time movies...silent movies. Replaced by the contemporary and speedy lifestyle of the young new modern hip kid.

Nobody in today's world is going to allow or permit the lavish exclusive lifestyle of monarchs who have no real power but to stay apart from the rest of society and live totally for themselves and their family. It will go before very long, just as will the outdated and outmoded position of Papacy in the Catholic Church. It is easy to see why prophecies of this kind will come to pass.

A little too much like the Amish and the natives of New Guinea and other isolated regions of the world...life will catch up with them all sooner or later...they will all be history soon enough. I just bet.