Corrie's Claire Sweeney says 'treasure your friends' as she declares love for 90s pop star

Coronation Street prima Claire Sweeney took to her Instagram to wage tribute to a 90s popular prima arsenic she reminded fans to 'treasure their friends'

Corrie's Claire Sweeney has been waxing nostalgic astir her enduring relationship with 90s popular sensation Ian 'H' Watkins amidst sombre circumstances.

The histrion expressed heartfelt fondness for their shared past arsenic they reunited to wage homage to a communal friend, The Vivienne. She took to Instagram with affectional snapshots alongside Watkins, successful a touching tribute arsenic they bade farewell to James Lee Williams.

Known wide arsenic The Vivienne, Williams was a beacon of talent, claiming the crown connected RuPaul's Drag Race UK's debut bid and aboriginal dazzling connected ITV's Dancing On Ice successful 2023, wherever they finished third. The service, held successful Denbighshire, North Wales, connected Monday (January 27), saw friends and admirers stitchery to honour the precocious prima who besides graced the all-winners play of RuPaul's franchise successful the US past year, representing the UK alone.

A saccharine representation from Friday (January 31) capturing Sweeney tenderly kissing H's feature and different with beaming smiles was posted by Claire. She besides reminisced implicit 1 of their earliest moments together, captioning: "Friend's for 30 years, heavy and thin, abdominous and slim, boyfriends, breakups and babies. Second pic taken 25 years ago! I ever emotion you my person @ianhwatkins treasure your friends."

The station surely resonated with her fans and celebrated friends alike. Her erstwhile Corrie co-star, Anthony Crank, reminisced: "I utilized to level stock with the Welsh wonderment backmost successful the 90s! " portion TV prima Lizzie Cundy simply adored it, saying: "Love this.", reports the Manchester Evening News.

One instrumentality warmly remarked: "This is truthful lovely." and different follower enthusiastically praised, "Absolutely bloody fantastic darling." Echoing the sentiment, 1 societal media idiosyncratic replied, "Love this," and different honoured the 2 icons, writing: "Love those 2 legends Ian and Claire."

Expressing the worth of friendship, 1 instrumentality shared, "Beautiful Folks. Good Friendships are truthful valuable," and different couldn't fell her admiration, typing: "Fabulous. You some look amazing." Finally, a instrumentality of the stars rounded disconnected the ablution of affection with, "Awww this is truthful lovely."

It comes aft Claire paid tribute to The Vivienne connected her societal media. After the talented resistance queen died, Claire took to her Instagram leafage to stock a photograph of the RuPaul prima and wrote: "A beauteous idiosyncratic wrong and out. RIP The Vivienne."

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