Such was logue 's status that he had just heen made a member of the royal victorian order , an appointment entirely in the gift of the sovereign .
罗格的身份是新近的皇家维多利亚勋章得主,而这一勋章完全由君主颁发。
The australian-born son of a publican , his name was lionel logue and since his first meeting with the future monarch just over a decade earlier , he had occupied a curious but increasingly influential role at the heart of the royal family .
And the king was indeed treated by logue , a man who 'd had remarkable success working with shell-shocked australian veterans of world war I , despite his lack of a degree or conventional credentials .
He sought the services of lionel logue , an australian-born speech therapist recommended by a mutual friend , and went weekly to logue 's office on harley street , the heart of london 's medical establishment .
Logue and the king seem to have become genuine friends . The two men exchanged christmas and birthday gifts , and wrote each other numerous letters .
罗格和国王最后成了好朋友,两人经常互送圣诞或生日礼物,两人还互寄了很多信件。
Logue was much liked by the queen , who often asked him to stay for dinner with the immediate family-the royal couple and their daughters , princess elizabeth ( later queen elizabeth ii ) and princess margaret .
First logue would study the text , spotting any words that might trip the king up , such as those that began with a hard ' k ' or ' g ' sound or perhaps with repeated consonants , and wherever possible , replace them with something else .
A self-described ' common colonial ' , who despite a career devoted to elocution had never quite succeeded in shaking off his australian accent , logue seemed strangely out of place among the upper echelons of the british aristocracy given pride of place in the abbey .
Logue would then mark up the text with suggested breathing points , and the king would start practising , again and again , until he got it right - often becoming extremely frustrated in the process .
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