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A signed speech by England's King George VI has been found in Jersey.

The address was delivered by the monarch after he had made a visit to the British dependency following the end of World War II in 1945.

The King's trouble with public diction has recently been the subject of film 'The King's Speech', which won four Oscars at this year's Academy Awards.

Linda Romerill, from the Jersey archives, stumbled across the speech while looking for a different record of information.

She told the BBC: "It is a document we catalogued at the archive probably about five or six years ago.

"At the time, because we hadn't seen the film, we thought it was a nice document and put it away.

"It is a short speech, only two pages long and on very good quality paper.

"It is embossed with a gilt crest of arms and is signed by George VI."

Melissa Bonn, of Christies auction house, said the item is an important artefact for the island, which located just off the coast of Northern France.

She said: "I rang up Thomas Benning, our manuscripts specialist.

"He said these have a unique place in the history of a particular place, he said the fascinating thing is to think about the context."