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The King's Speech (2010) - 15 mistakes

Directed by Tom Hooper, starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter (add more)

Genres: Drama, History

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Continuity: When Elizabeth meets Lionel for the first time, her face netting disappears and reappears between shots.

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Factual error: In the scene of King George V's 1934 Christmas Broadcast from Sandringham, there are factual errors. The B.B.C. Engineers are shown operating Outside Broadcast equipment in a room adjacent to the King - but the equipment (BBC Type OBA/8) didn't even come into service until 1938. It should have been type OB/7 in large mahogany cases. Also, the ornate Royal microphone cases were the wrong ones. These were the later (c1937) type first used by King Edward VIII in his Broadcast in 1936.

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Factual error: When Elizabeth first visits Mr. Logue in his office which was sometime in 1926, a picture is shown on his wall of the "Sydney Bridge Celebration," dated March 1932. At this point in time, it was only 3 years into it's construction, which finished in January 1932.

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Continuity: When King George finishes his "In this grave hour" speech, he puts on his coat and the coat collar is flat. When they cut back to him, his coat collar is up.

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Factual error: In the conversation with Bertie after delivering the Christmas proclamation, King George V refers to Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin as "Marshal Stalin". In reality, Stalin was awarded the title of "Marshal of the Soviet Union" in March 1943 after the conclusion of the Battle of Stalingrad and more than 7 years after the death of George V.

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Deliberate "mistake": The two princesses do not age, despite the film's story occurring over several years.

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Factual error: The Duchess of York's hat at Balmoral was not her fashion until the war years, (based on the Royal Air force themes).

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Continuity: Near the beginning of the film, we see the Duke of York ascending a staircase inside Wembley Stadium prior to doing a speech. Visible out of a window in the stairwell is what appears to be Wembley way, a path / road that leads up to Wembley stadium and the Twin towers that were attatched to the building. However, upon entering the stadium, we see the Twin towers over on the opposite side of the stadium and therefore they are on the opposite side of the stadium to Wembley way.

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Continuity: The balls on top of the red chair change directions throughout the coronation rehearsal scene.

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Continuity: When the archbishop is doing the last rites to the passing king he is wearing a simple wooden cross. In the next scene he can be seen wearing a much fancier one. Afterwards it switches back to being plain wood.

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Factual error: Whilst at Sandringham estate in 1936 Bertie is waiting for the Tiger Moth plane to land. This particular plane (G-ANFM) was not built until 1941.

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Continuity: When the Duke of York is telling his daughters the penguin story, the girls are shown from behind with each having an arm around one of their dogs, but immediately in the next scene, with the girls shown from the front, their arms are down by their sides.

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Factual error: In the early scene where the BBC announcer is introducing the Duke of York, the "ON AIR" sign appears to be in Helvetica font. This font was was designed in 1957, over 30 years later.

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Revealing: When King George VI is giving his speech at 6pm, one clock says 7:20pm.

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Continuity: In the scene when Bertie is meeting Baldwin to discuss David's abdication, Bertie is shown in close-up with a speck of cigarette ash on his lapel. After a cut-away the speck has gone.

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