Pam St Clement is currently undertaking a book tour to promote her forthcoming autobiography, hence, not being a fan of the soaps, I went to Wikipedia to find out more biographical detail. Anyway, she apparently was in a same-sex relationship with Ms Routledge. Well I never. When I investigated further Moira Stewart and Betty Boothroyd were both mentioned.
I couldn't imagine Hyacinth wrinkling her crepe de chine or removing her hat at any point. I'm surprised, which shows what a talented character artiste Ms Routledge undoubtedly is.