Two much-loved and long-running British institutions united today as the Queen visited the set of Coronation Street - with the royal reuniting with actor Bill Roache, whom she first met during a visit to the cobbles almost 40 years ago.
Weatherfield has seen a host of famous faces but for only the second time the head of state walked down the street, home to the ITV soap, celebrating its 60th year on our screens.
On a 40 minute tour of the set and studios at Media City UK in Manchester, Her Majesty, 95, wearing a teal Angela Kelly outfit with matching hat, met a host of cast and crew of the show, walking beside the cobbled street before popping into the studio where the interior of the Rovers Return is filmed.
The Queen met Bill Roache, who plays Ken Barlow, Barbara Knox, (Rita) and Helen Worth, (Gail), on her visit today, who were all there during her visit to the set on 5 May 1982. Read more from The Daily Mail.
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