BILLY Mayhew and Paul Foreman are making the most of the time they have left together following the latter's MND diagnosis.
Coronation Street will be making history next week on ITV with its first ever gay wedding.
Will the cobbles ever had a successful LGBTQI+ wedding?
Paul Foreman (portrayed by Peter Ash) and Billy Mayhew (Daniel Brocklebank) decided to walk down the aisle as the builder's fight against motor neurone disease continues.
With his health spiralling and his mobility slowly but surely leaving, Paul has a limited amount of time left to live.
But due to Corrie's history with gay weddings, will the couple really be able to go ahead with their ceremony?
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Weatherfield has seen lesbian ceremonies go downhill as viewers will undoubtedly remember Sian Powers and Sophie Webster's 2011 wedding never materialising.
In 2019, Kate Connor and Rana Habeeb's big day was ruined by the roof collapse in the Underworld factory – which resulted in the latter's death.
Will Billy and Paul be the lucky ones?
Coming up next week, at No.5, Gemma and Bernie Winter (respectively played by Dolly-Rose Campbell and Jane Hazlegrove) help Paul prepare for his wedding,
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Meanwhile, wedding guests take their seats in the Bistro, eagerly waiting for the happy couple to tie the knot.
Bernie and Gemma walk Paul down the aisle where Billy waits for him, his heart full of love.
The lovebirds exchange vows and the registrar pronounces them married but after the ceremony Billy is shocked to discover his new husband has been keeping a secret from him.
As they prepared for their ceremony, the couple realised they would have to compromise on certain details and go for a civil ceremony as the Church of England still does not allow same-sex marriages.
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But could Billy and Paul's marriage be over before it even begins?
In later scenes, Billy, Paul and Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) survey the new wheelchair that has arrived and realise it won’t fit through the doorway to the flat.
Whilst Ed Bailey (Trevor Michael Georges) measures up the doorway, a parishioner called Babs approaches Billy and, handing him a bottle of fizz, congratulates him on his marriage.
When a parishioner called Vaughn tells Billy he should be ashamed of himself, Billy loses his temper and tells him he doesn't need to worry as his husband is dying, unaware that Paul has heard.
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How will Paul react?
Coronation Street airs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8pm on ITV.
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