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I went to the Corrie set with Fergie – she's so normal, you won't believe what she did


OPINION: Sarah, Duchess of York travelled to Manchester to visit the Corrie cobbles as she became patron of a breast cancer charity – and I went along to meet her

She is someone who has constantly overcome adversity, been dealt hands of bad luck and spent more than 35 years under the intense, gruelling media spotlight... but she is still standing tall and is readily determined to do good. She's sharp, she's witty and thoroughly impressive as she remembers every single person's name, makes jokes at the drop of a hat and will happily turn her hand to anything... including transforming into a northern landlady pulling a pint of bitter at the Rovers Return, after she travelled to the Coronation Street set. Having told her I bought along some Jelly Babies (a treat she confessed to having a taste for on her Tea Talks podcast with Sarah Thomson), she had everyone in stitches, myself included, as she jumped out of her car like a Jack in the Box in front of Coronation Street executives and asked for a sweet.

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