This nameplate marks the door of the Harley Street, London, consulting rooms where Lionel Logue, speech therapist, treated King George VI for his stammer; the story made famous in the film "The King's Speech", featuring Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush.
The nameplate reads:
Lionel Logue
CVO
1880 - 1953
Speech Therapist to
King George VI
Pracised Here
1926 - 1952
CVO = Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the monarch of the Commonwealth realms, members of the monarch's family, or to any viceroy or senior representative of the monarch.
