The Queen stopped by the Rovers during a visit to the Coronation Street set.
The Head of State took a 40-minute tour around the house of the ITV soap Thursday as he celebrates 60 years of broadcasting on television screens.
Dressed in a turquoise outfit of Angela Kelly, the Queen met the cast and crew of the show.
Queen Elizabeth II meets cast (left to right) Bill Roache, Barbara Knox, Sue Nicholls and Helen Worth, during a visit to the set of Coronation Street
The royal also entered the studio where the interior of the Rovers Return Inn is being filmed.
She chatted with actors who play the roles of staff at the bar, explaining how the daily lives of ordinary northerners are reflected in the soap opera.
Sally Ann Matthews, who plays Jenny Connor, the owner of the fictional pub, told the Queen: “We know as actors how lucky we have been to continue working when so many people in the industry have been so badly affected […] and a pub, because the hospitality industry has also been so badly affected. “
Sally Dynevor, who plays Sally Webster, said: “What’s good about Coronation Street is that we get to have the comedy with the drama, so that was also a really, really important thing during the lockdown.”
Antony Cotton, who plays Sean Tully, added: “We tried to make people laugh along the way.”
To bursts of laughter, the Queen replied, “Well, there wasn’t much to laugh about, was there?”
The Queen spoke to members of the cast and crew of the ITV soap opera
The Queen started her tour with actors like Bill Roache, who plays Ken Barlow, and Barbara Knox who plays Rita.
They greeted the Queen with bows and curtsies outside the Rovers Return.
Roache told the Queen he first saw her when he visited Jamaica in 1963, while serving as an officer with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
The queen, who asked how they managed to keep filming …
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Source: news.sky.com
This notice was published: 2021-07-08 12:34:00
