EastEnders fans are making a devastating realisation about the 40th anniversary

Distraught EastEnders viewers person realised that the iconic and incomparable Lacey Turner won’t beryllium appearing arsenic her alter-ego Stacey Slater successful the upcoming 40th day celebrations.

Lacey, 36, announced yesterday that she was expecting her 3rd child.

Over on Instagram, she shared the breathtaking quality that her children Dusty and Trilby volition soon be welcoming their sibling to the world.

Her adorable social media station featured Lacey, spouse Matt, Dusty and Trilby connected a formation holding immoderate babe scan pictures.

Alongside the snaps, Lacey wrote: ‘Aren’t we lucky…’.

Just hours later, she was spotted alongside her co-stars Kellie Bright, Letitia Dean, Diane Pariah, Gillian Taylforth and Balvinder Sopal showing disconnected her babe bump astatine the Inside Soap Awards.

Whilst fans were abuzz with excitement implicit the news, 1 has noted that it means Stacey volition apt person to beryllium written retired to facilitate Lacey’s maternity permission – truthful missing retired connected the large day bash successful February.

One shared a video of erstwhile quality Dr. May Wright (Amanda Drew) lighting a cigaret and causing a state explosion, writing: ‘The information Stacey won’t beryllium determination for the 40th anniversary.’

Whilst plans are firmly nether wraps for now, we bash cognize that a unrecorded episode volition beryllium the centrepiece.

As you’ll remember, the 25th unrecorded revealed that Stacey was Archie Mitchell’s (Larry Lamb) murderer, whilst Bradley Branning (Charlie Clements) tumbled disconnected The Vic roof.

Another spectator responded: ‘Won’t they beryllium filming the 40th Anniversay astir December time?? she mightiness inactive beryllium determination if she’s not excessively acold along.’

We sincerely anticipation she’s progressive successful immoderate way!

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