ITV Coronation Street's Bill Roache says the Queen made you feel like you were 'the only person in her life'

Coronation Street legend Bill Roache has again shared his love for the Queen after paying his own tribute over the weekend. The soap star, known for playing Ken Barlow in the ITV soap, has been fortunate enough to meet the late Queen Elizabeth II several times over the years.

Over the weekend, days after it was confirmed Her Majesty had died peacefully, aged 96, at Balmoral on September 8, Bill said: "She was so beautiful," in an ITV interview. "I fell in love with her as a person and as an individual. I don't know whether that was heresy or something, but she is just a very comforting person to be with."

He has now appeared on a special episode of This Morning which aired on Monday (September 12) to share more of his own memories of meeting the Queen. Reflecting on the first time he met the late monarch, Bill, who celebrated his 90th birthday earlier this year, said: "I was 21 when I first met her, I was a young officer, and we were part of the reception committee. When she came on there was warmth and friendliness and a twinkle in the eye.

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"As a Queen she was impeccable." On how he feels about her death, Bill went on to say: "I feel a great sense of personal loss. It’s like a member of your family has gone." But he had praise for the new King Charles III as he added: "But King Charles is equally as warm, I think he’ll be a wonderful King, he’ll spread it a little further with his own interests as a King but he’ll continue the Queen’s interest and warmth."

Bill was among one the veteran cast members who greeted the head of state when she visited in 1982 to open the show’s new set and more recently in