Robert Vaughn gets Betty Driver's dressing room

Robert Vaughn starts filming on Coronation Street this week as Milton, a rich American who meets Roy Cropper’s mum Sylvia ­while she's been on the cruise she won as a competition prize.   See more about him turning up in Corrie here.

The Mirror reports today that the actor has been given Betty Driver's old dressing room, which they say is one of the best in the studio with neighbours including veterans Barbara Knox (Rita Sullivan) and Bill Roache (Ken Barlow).

Betty's dressing room was locked up after her death at 91 in October. Now it’s had a spruce-up. A Street source said: “It’s an honour to get Betty’s room – she is still sorely missed. And what a fitting person to be first in. They don’t come much more famous than Robert Vaughn.”

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