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Coronation Street’s Sally Dynevor ‘burst into tears’ after being told she was being made an MBE
Sally has been honoured for her services to drama
Coronation Street actress Sally Dynevor has revealed she ‘burst into tears’ when she found out she’d be made an MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list in 2020.
Sally, who has played Sally Webster in the ITV soap since 1986, received her medal for services to drama from Princess Anne in a ceremony at Windsor Castle yesterday.
Speaking after the investiture ceremony, she commented: “(The princess) was lovely. She said ‘how long have you been in Coronation Street?’
“And I said it was thirty-six years, she said ‘that’s a very long time’. I said ‘it is but I’ve enjoyed every moment of it'”.
Though she did admit she was a little skeptical when she first received the email, saying she ‘thought it was a hoax’.
Speaking at Windsor Castle, Sally said she had even rang her son to double check when she was informed about being offered the MBE.
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She said: “I said ‘Sam, I’ve had this email and I’m really worried about it because it says I’m up for an MBE but that can’t be right’.
“Sam said, ‘I don’t think anyone would joke about that, mum'”.
The actress also said Princess Anne had remarked on how ‘very dangerous’ her recent decision to appear on ITV’s Dancing on Ice seemed.
And, asked if she had any hopes for where her Coronation Street role would take her next, Sally said she simply hoped Sally Webster would ‘grow old with fun’.
She said: “I hope [the storylines] are just as exciting as when she was in her twenties… I thought the breast cancer storyline was a very important story to raise awareness, but I’m really looking forward to seeing what the writers are going to do in the next ten years.”