She met long-serving cast members including William Roache, 89, who plays Ken Barlow, Barbara Knox, 87, asking the actors which houses they lived in and how long they had worked on the ITV soap. The Queen looked delighted to be on the famous set, spending 40 minutes chatting to the cast and crew and even popping into the Rovers Return. The show’s famous theme tune was played as the sovereign walked down the red carpet as the actors cheered and waved Union flags from the sidelines. “And you do it every day!”She was told that one of the crew members used a two-metre stick to ensure everyone stuck to social distancing guidelines. She asked: “I gather the street is now wider than it was?” and was told that the cobbles had been transferred from the former set.

Source: Daily Mirror July 08, 2021 09:42 UTC