Denise Welch was "devastated" as she returned to the 'Coronation Street' set after the death of Princess Diana. The 62-year-old actress - who played barmaid Natalie Horrocks from 1997 to 2000 - was part of the cobbles cast when the late royal died in a car crash in August 1997, and she was deeply affected by her passing despite the pair never meeting.
She said: "I was devastated to the point it nearly made me ill. "I remember the day she died I had to go in to film with Michael Le Vell and I thought, 'How is everybody going about their normal lives?' "To me it was like I'd suffered a personal tragedy." Opening up as a part of a discussion about people mourning the death of a celebrity despite not knowing them, Denise admitted she "adored".
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