Acting legend Dame Maureen Lipman married her partner David Turner earlier this month.

The veteran star, 79, has played Tyrone Dobbs’ (Alan Halsall) grandmother Evelyn Plummer in ITV’s Coronation Street since 2018.

She took the decision to step back from her role earlier in the year to focus on her new relationship with businessman David, who she proposed to on a train a year ago.

Maureen continues to appear on a recurring basis – with her absence being explained by the character studying law at a university in Manchester.

Maureen Lipman’s unique proposal

Speaking about popping the question with Lorraine Kelly on her self-titled daytime show she said: ‘We are astounded by the fact you can have a love affair at this age.’

‘We sort of talked about marriage but in a kind of way. We were coming back on a train from Edinburgh and he is very learned about the Jewish faith and he said “it’s Tu B’Av”, it’s a day where a woman can ask a man to marry them.

‘It was just for gag really. I slipped under the table and he asked what doing and I said “Will you marry me?”‘

She continued: ‘And he said “Yes, yes” and then I was folded under and couldn’t get out.’

Lipman’s first husband, the late Jack Rosenthal, was one of Corrie’s most prolific writers, penning 130 scripts during the show’s first decade.

He passed away in 2004, and she was later in a thirteen year relationship with Guido Castro prior to his death in 2021.

Maureen looked a picture of happiness as she wed David, with close friend and former Celebrity Gogglebox star Gyles Brandreth sharing a hilarious story from the ceremony during Monday’s edition of This Morning.