The King's coronation wouldn't be the same without the most famous street in Britain joining in the celebrations. And the historic occasion was the talk of the Coronation Street cobbles in Bank Holiday Monday's episode after the crowning at Westminster Abbey on Saturday of King Charles III and his wife Queen Camilla.
According to the soap's backstory Coronation Street, a terraced street set in the fictional town of Weatherfield in Salford, was built in 1902 and named after the coronation of King Edward VII, King Charles' great-great-grandfather. But as the iconic Rovers Return was festooned in red, white and blue with a buffet fit for a king, not everyone was impressed.
As barmaid Daisy Midgely popped round to see her friend Ryan Connor ahead of the party, he sniped: "I won't stand in the way of you having a good time celebrating our outdated institution."
