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Shane Jarvis

The Archers beat Eastenders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale when it comes to covering the Queen's death

BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers yesterday marked the death of the Queen with a specially-recorded scene that was broadcast at the start of Sunday’s episode.

Listeners heard two of the serial’s longest-running characters, Lynda Snell and Lilian Bellamy, reminiscing about the Coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953. “When you think of our lives since then, and everything that’s happened to us, the Queen has always been there – she’s just always been there,” Lynda reflected.

“Steady as a rock,” Lillian replied. “It’s going to be strange without her, I think.” Lynda then added: “It’s going to be very different without her.”

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