Queen Elizabeth II visited the set of the long-running TV soap "Coronation Street" to help celebrate the show's 60th birthday. It was the second time the queen, 95, has visited "Coronation Street" — the first time was in the early 1980s, at the show's original studios in Manchester. The show, which focuses on the lives of residents of the fictional northern English town of Weatherfield, is the world's longest-running drama series. She listens, she always has and she loves to be made to laugh," Roache said. "I’ve been lucky to meet her quite a few times and she’s always charming, and a laugh is never far away."

Source: Fox News July 08, 2021 16:52 UTC