As the then-Prince of Wales met the Coronation Street cast, Weatherfield veterans Bill Tarmey and Nigel Pivaro waited patiently alongside their co-stars for their turn for a chat with the future King.
Nigel, who played bad boy Terry Duckworth in the ITV soap, recalls: “Prince Charles was walking down the line having a chat, asking people about their background – that kind of thing.
“He asked one actor, who was standing right next to us, ‘Did you train?...’ and he replied, ‘Yes, sir. I did’.
