BBC EastEnders' Patsy Palmer's secret heartache months after giving birth
04.03.2024 - 17:42
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After nearly five years away from Albert Square, soap legend Patsy Palmer is set to reprise her role on EastEnders on Monday, 4 March . Having first appeared on the popular BBC One show back in 1993 when she was just 21 years old, Patsy, now 51, is known for playing Bianca Jackson, who is the daughter of Carol Jackson. Throughout her time on EastEnders , Patsy’s character has experienced everything from rocky romances to remarriages and most recently appeared in Walford in September 2019 where she briefly reunited with her daughter Tiffany Butcher, who was played by Strictly Come Dancing star Maisie Smith.
Away from the soap, Patsy lives in California with her husband Richard Merkell and their children Fenton, Emilia, and Bertie , having relocated to the US in 2014. Patsy, who is also a mum to son Charley, from a past relationship with boxer Alfie Rothwell, has opened up about motherhood and in 2011 opened up about experiencing a miscarriage, just months after giving birth to her son Bertie. During an interview, the soap actress revealed that she’d suffered a miscarriage and that it was her family that helped her get through the difficult time.
“It was a shock to be pregnant so soon after having our baby Bertie - at first I was excited but, deep down, I felt fearful that I wasn't physically strong enough,” she told Hello!. "Then, at my nine-week scan in October, they told me I'd lost the baby. We don't know why, but it shook us all.” Patsy went on to explain that there was a moment where she believed that her mental health had been impacted.
“My mum recognised the symptoms. She said the light had gone out of my eyes,” she said. With the soap icon set to return to Albert Square, Patsy has shone a light on the realities of
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