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Touring the set ofCoronation Streetin Manchester on Thursday for the first time since 1982, the monarch discussed how the show balances its melodrama (or “trouble,” as she and the stars called it).
“We try to balance the trouble with some niceness, ma’am,” said producer Iain MacLeod, “but there' some trouble, I’ll be honest.”
“Well,” said the Queen, 95, “I suppose life is a trouble.”
It’s worth noting that, thoughCorrie(as it’s known to fans) is the world’s longest-running soap opera,Queen Elizabethhas reigned for nearly a decade longer than the show’s 60-year run. And during those many decades leading up to herPlatinum Jubilee celebrationsnext year, she has certainly seen more than her fair share of highs and lows both at home and abroad.
During the set visit, the Queen also discussed how the show had resumed and carried out production, filming six episodes a week amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ahead of her expected annual trip to Balmoral next month, the Queen has been keeping a busy schedule in the last few months since thedeathof her husband of 73 years,Prince Philip.
She was"quite the hit"hosting world leadersat a G-7 summit reception,had tea with U.S. President Joe Biden, held herfirst in-person audience with British Prime Minister Boris Johnsonsince the U.K. first locked down in 2020, proved she’s also the Queen of small talk during anaudience with German Prime Minister Angela Merkeland evenmade an appearance at this year’s Royal Ascot.
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“I always felt that she was never knocked off course,” a royal insidersharedin thesummer issue of PEOPLERoyals. “It’s her way to remain as steady as possible.”
Added royal historian Robert Lacey, “She is making a deliberate point that she is still on top of her game.”
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Noted a member of her circle: “She understands that she has a job to do, and [Philip] would have wanted her to crack on. She loves to work. She is never idle.”
source: people.com
