GETTING HITCHED Coronation Street legend, 80, getting married THIS WEEKEND after proposing to new man on the train
GETTING HITCHED Coronation Street legend, 80, getting married THIS WEEKEND after proposing to new man on the train
CORONATION Street legend is set to walk down the aisle this weekend at the age of 80.
The iconic Weatherfield actress popped the question to her new man during a train journey.
🌐 𝑾𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆: 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒔.𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐 – 𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑵𝒆𝒘𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒍
🌐 𝑾𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆: 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒔.𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐 – 𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑵𝒆𝒘𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒍
This Morning’s Gyles Brandreth revealed that his friend Dame Maureen Lipman, loved for playing Evelyn Plummer in Corrie, is getting married this weekend.
In a new episode of his podcast Rosebud, Gyles revealed: “Dame Maureen Lipman, this Sunday I will be going to her wedding. She’s getting married.
“She’s getting married in the morning! I think it’s actually the afternoon. I’ll be there. Isn’t it fantastic?
“To get married in your 80th year is fantastic.”
The Yorkshire-born actress got engaged to her boyfriend, David Turner last September.
Maureen asked David to marry her while they were on the train – 20 years after the death of her first husband, and three after her partner passed away.
The star explained that the couple were on their way home from event when she decided last minute to pop the question after realising it was the one day of the year Jewish women can propose.
Maureen wrote in the Spectator: “Later that night my partner David and I decided to tell our children that, with a combined age of 156, we are going to get married.
“In truth I had been rather against the ‘M’ word, but on a train coming back from Edinburgh he mentioned that it was the minor festival of Tu B’Av – a day when a Jewish woman can ask a man to marry her.
“Unable to resist the gag, I slid under the table separating us on to one knee and asked him for his hand. To my surprise and slight panic, he gave it.”
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The pair decided to tell her children the happy news on September 8th – on what would have been the birthday of her late husband Jack Rosenthal.
Maureen first mentioned David in late 2023, when she brought him as her date to the National Television Awards.
Her first husband, Jack, was a screenwriter for Coronation Street, writing 250 episodes.
Tragically, Jack died in 2004, with Maureen later meeting partner Guido Castro.
She was in a relationship with the businessman for 13 years, but in 2021, he sadly passed following a battle with coronavirus, which left him “weakened”.
Maureen has had a glittering career on stage and screen – from her iconic role as Evelyn Plummer in Coronation Street to hit film Educating Rita and ITV comedy Agony.
She was even made a Dame for her services to charity, entertainment and the arts.
Meanwhile, her character on the ITV soap has gone to university to study law as she embarks on a new career and moves into university halls.
A spokesperson confirmed she decided to take a sabbatical.
But Evelyn will come back to visit her son Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall), daughter Cassie Plummer (Claire Sweeney) and grandchildren, Hope (Isabella Flanagan) and Ruby (Billie Naylor).
An insider told The Sun: “As Evelyn went off to uni, it makes sense for her to pop back in from time to time.”
🌐 𝑾𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆: 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒔.𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐 – 𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑵𝒆𝒘𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒍
🌐 𝑾𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆: 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒔.𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐 – 𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑵𝒆𝒘𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒍
🌐 𝑾𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆: 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒔.𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐 – 𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑵𝒆𝒘𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒍