CORONATION Street actor William Roache meets King Charles as he is made an OBE. The 90-year-old — Ken Barlow in the ITV soap — said they chatted about their respective workloads during the Windsor Castle investiture.
He said: “Charles was lovely — very friendly. He said, ‘Not still working are you?’. I said, ‘Yes, just had two ex-girlfriends on the show’. “He said, ‘Oh that must have been work’, and I said, ‘May I wish you a long and joyful reign, sir?’. “And he said, ‘Thank you, that will be a lot of work, too’.” Roache also added: "I love the royal family - I met the Queen about seven times.
Read More on Bill Roache'Sir Bill' Happy Birthday Bill viewers have a demand for Coronation Street's William Roachewater a guy Corrie's William Roache is swapping cobbles for cruise ship with tell-all shows "Charles is really, really friendly and more easy-going possibly in a sense. "But the Queen was even - when she came (to visit the Coronation street set) less than a year ago - she always listened, she was attentive she was on the ball, and didn't miss a trick. "She was very bright. "And they always love the humour, all of them, which I like.
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