Princess Anne recently visited the set of popular British soap opera, Coronation Street; but before you jump to the conclusion that the royal will appear as a new character, we must inform you that she visited the set in a professional capacity!
As the Princess Royal is Patron of The Acid Survivors Trust International (ASTI), she met with both cast and crew of the iconic drama on March 20 to discuss an upcoming storyline involving an acid attack.
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Anne met with the producer of Coronation Street, Iain MacLeod, as well as cast members Charlotte Jordan, Ryan Prescott, Andrew Still, Rob Mallard and Sally Ann Matthews and viewed the yet-to-be-aired scenes depicting the acid attack.
Script writers, members of the story team and the make-up department also got the chance to consult Anne.
Prior to Anne’s visit, ASTI advised Coronation Street’s producers and writers about the plotline, which will see Daisy – played by Charlotte – attacked with acid by her stalker Justin – played by Andrew.
While there Princess Anne was given a guided tour of the entire set by Iain and John Whiston, Head of ITV in the North/MD Continuing Drama.
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“Working with ASTI on this storyline has been invaluable to all of us. HRH’s patronage of the charity is clearly of huge importance to both Her Royal Highness and the charity and it was an absolute honour to have them join us at Coronation Street today,” John said of the visit.
“The visit gave both cast and colleagues the chance to discuss how they have worked together to create and portray such a delicate and important storyline, an opportunity none of us will forget,” he continued.
Also present during Anne’s visit to Coronation Street were acid attack survivor, Sammear Hussein, as well as Vice Lord-Lieutenant, Mrs Sharman Birtles MBE JP DL and Mayor of Trafford, Councillor Chris Boyes.
