UPDATE: The Queen was advised not attend today’s (Friday) Jubilee service at St Paul’s Cathedral. She is said to be have suffered discomfort while watching Thursday’s parade at Buckingham Palace.
The decision was made with “great reluctance” after considering the “journey and activity required”, the palace said.
Meanwhile, the telly soap about Manchester – Coronation Street – has become Britain’s land of soap and glory as we celebrate the Queen’s Platinum jubilee.
Street veterans Helen Worth and Antony Cotton have received ‘gongs’!
They are among dozens of entertainers — including MasterChef hosts John Torode and Gregg Wallace — honoured to mark Her Majesty’s 70 years on the throne. Helen, aged 71, has played Gail Platt for almost 50 years.
She said: “To be honoured for doing something I have enjoyed so much for so many years is truly wonderful, and I am particularly delighted to receive this award in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Year. Anthony, aged 46, made his debut on the cobbles as Sean Tully back in 2003, said he was “overwhelmed” with the same gong as Helen — for his acting and charity work with troops.
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