8 Famous People From History Who Were Surprisingly Socially Awkward

4. George VI

George VI was King of the United Kingdom during the Second World War, when the nation was in need of a strong leader. The shy, stammering duke had never expected to become king. His older brother was crowned king on the death of their father, George V, but abdicated in order to marry Wallis Simpson, a divorced American socialite. When he found out he was going to be king, George wrote in his diary that he 'broke down and sobbed like a child'. He struggled for years through stammered speeches, intimidated by the knowledge that his voice would be heard on radio broadcasts across the empire. With the help of Lionel Logue, his speech and confidence improved dramatically. Their relationship became the subject of Tom Hooper's critically-acclaimed film The King's Speech.