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Published January 21, 2025 10:00am Updated January 21, 2025 10:00am
EastEnders prima Harriet Thorpe has announced she’s acceptable to go a grandmother.
The actress, who plays Queen Vic landlady Elaine Peacock connected the BBC soap, revealed her girl Flossie is expecting a baby.
Harriet announced the blessed quality connected Instagram, wherever she shared a representation of a babe scan.
‘#halfwaythere #grandchild #ontheway,’ she wrote.
‘So thrilled and excited for @flossiemerryweather @sam_mezz grandparents and household to invited this caller small idiosyncratic into our lives.’
Harriet was congratulated by galore of her EastEnders co-stars, with Kitty Castledine, who plays Penny Branning, writing: ‘Aww congratulations!’
Patsy Palmer, who plays Bianca Jackson, shared a bid of applause and bosom emojis, arsenic did Denise Fox histrion Diane Parish.
Stacey Slater prima Lacey Turner, who recently welcomed her 3rd child, wrote: ‘So exciting.’
Harriet is presently cardinal to a immense EastEnders storyline, with her quality Elaine 1 of the suspects successful the ‘Who attacked Cindy Beale?’ whodunnit.
Cindy (Michelle Collins) was bludgeoned with a shovel connected Christmas Day nighttime aft the information astir her matter with erstwhile stepson Junior Knight (Micah Balfour) was exposed to some of their families successful the Queen Vic.
EastEnders 40th day – Everything we cognize truthful far
Here's what EastEnders fans tin expect arsenic the soap celebrates its 40th day connected 19 February 2025:
A unrecorded episode
Having antecedently gone unrecorded for the 25th and 30th anniversaries successful 2010 and 2015, the soap volition beryllium beaming unrecorded to the nation erstwhile again during the 40th week.
The occurrence volition besides people a immense EastEnders archetypal arsenic bosses are giving the assemblage the powerfulness to ballot connected the result of 1 storyline, with the actors having to respond to the effect unrecorded connected aerial – speaking of which…
Denise Fox decides
With Denise Fox (Diane Parish) having recovered herself successful a emotion triangle with Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) and Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara), fans volition decide whether she reunites with her estranged hubby Jack oregon picks her concealed lover.
Grant Mitchell returns
Ross Kemp volition beryllium reprising his role arsenic the legendary Grant Mitchell to play a important portion successful the 40th celebrations.
‘Grant has ne'er been acold from the enactment and let’s conscionable say, this clip is nary antithetic arsenic helium surely comes backmost with a bang,’ Ross teased.
Cindy Beale’s attacker revealed
Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) was near for dormant erstwhile she was whacked implicit the caput with a shovel by a enigma assailant connected Christmas Day aft the truth astir her matter with erstwhile stepson Junior Knight (Micah Balfour) exploded.
With the digit of suspicion presently pointing astatine galore characters, Cindy’s attacker volition beryllium unmasked astatine past during the day week.
A peculiar documentary
Ross Kemp volition instrumentality a travel down Walford representation lane with a peculiar documentary called EastEnders: 40 Years connected The Square, taking fans down the scenes arsenic helium delves into the show’s past and relieves immoderate of the astir memorable moments.
Cindy was near successful a coma for weeks arsenic a result, but her attacker remains astatine ample with the digit of suspicion pointing astatine everyone from her ex-husband George Knight (Colin Salmon) to daughter-in-law Lauren Branning (Jacqueline Jossa).
However, fans inactive person a portion to spell yet earlier uncovering retired who was responsible, arsenic bosses person confirmed the attacker volition beryllium unmasked during the soap’s 40th anniversary celebrations adjacent month.
EastEnders airs Monday to Thursday astatine 7.30pm connected BBC One oregon watercourse archetypal from 6am connected iPlayer.
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