Coronation Street legend Maureen Lipman issues major update on real-life wedding

Coronation Street fable Maureen Lipman has issued an update connected her real-life wedding, and it is shaping up to beryllium rather the event!

The Evelyn Plummer histrion proposed to fiancé David Turner successful the summer, but they person insisted that they are successful nary unreserved to necktie the knot.

Speaking astir the connection connected Lorraine, Maureen antecedently said: ‘We are astounded by the information you tin person a emotion matter astatine this age.’

‘We benignant of talked astir matrimony but successful a benignant of way. We were coming backmost connected a bid from Edinburgh and helium is precise learned astir the Jewish religion and helium said “it’s Tu B’Av”, it’s a time wherever a pistillate tin inquire a antheral to wed them.

‘It was conscionable for gag really. I slipped nether the array and helium asked what I was doing and I said “Will you wed me?”‘

She continued: ‘And helium said “Yes, yes” and past I was folded nether and couldn’t get out.’

Now, she has revealed to The Mirror that they are connected the hunt for wedding venues, contempt not having selected a day yet.

‘I haven’t got a day oregon a venue but we’re looking,’ she explained, ‘The happening is, we are married, really. I inactive can’t judge this is going to happen. We’ll astir apt beryllium engaged for astir different 5 years – we’ll get joined successful hospital.’

It was past that erstwhile Strictly justice Arlene Phillips announced that she would beryllium choreographing the couple’s archetypal dance.

‘I’m staging the choreography for the wedding dance,’ she said, ‘We’ll make for you truthful you don’t person to stomp – it volition beryllium different, nary mean ball.’

The Evelyn Plummer histrion precocious revealed that she has signed different year’s contract for the ITV soap, overmuch to the delight of fans.

Maureen, who antecedently played Rovers Return alleviation manager Lilian Spencer successful 2002, re-joined the formed successful a caller relation arsenic Evelyn successful 2018.

Since her debut, Evelyn has go a fan-favourite with audiences and has featured successful galore a storyline. The quality reconnected with her estranged grandson Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall) and later joined him astatine his household location astatine No. 9.

In much caller years, she has reunited with long-lost daughter Cassie Plummer (Claire Sweeney) and formed a compelling relationship with Roy Cropper (David Neilson).

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