Coronation Street legend William Roache says he 'fell in love' with Her Majesty the Queen from the moment he first met her. The Corrie icon met Queen Elizabeth II on several occasions.
William, best known for playing Ken Barlow in Britain's longest running soap since its first episode on December 9 1960, has described the first time he met the monarch when he was based in Jamaica as a young officer with the Royal Welch Fusiliers. At the time the Queen and her husband Prince Philip were on the longest Commonwealth Tour lasting from November 1953 to May 1954.
"She was so beautiful," William explained in an ITV interview. "I fell in love with her as a person and as an individual. "I don't know whether that was heresy or something, but she is just a very comforting person to be with."
