Rupert Murdoch Pere Knew King's Speech Therapist Lionel Logue

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• tom brueggemann | February 13, 2011 3:40 AMReply

  A curious note - Murdoch is a staunch (small r) republican, that is, anti-monarchy. His Australian papers (his roots) have strongly favored that country replacing the Queen as head of state with a native president (which would be a non-political position, as in most countries). His British papers were among the early ones to break accepted Fleet Street codes about respecting royal privacy.

• john | February 13, 2011 2:05 AMReply

  thanks for the fix

• john | February 13, 2011 2:01 AMReply

  I don't know if it's intentionally misleading but your headline is wrong. Murdoch didn't know Logue; his father did. Nowhere does it say Ruport met Lionel although, admittedly, it makes a better story.

• GL | February 12, 2011 11:31 AMReply

  Interesting. I would've loved to have met the real person. I am sure the character in the movie is somewhat close to who Lionel Logue, but I always wonder what the real thing would think of himself being portrayed on film.