EastEnders Ben Mitchell star's ‘distancing’ ploy to film ‘difficult’ male rape scene

Prince Charles and Camilla made their debut on hit BBC One soap EastEnders on Thursday 2 June. The Prince of Wales, 73, and Duchess of Cornwall, 74, starred as themselves and joined Albert Square's residents with a street party to celebrate the Queen 's Platinum Jubilee. To mark the special episode, the hit BBC One soap changed its iconic theme tune to celebrate Prince Charles and Camilla's debut, which was aired at the end of the episode.

Prince Charles and Camilla made their debut on hit BBC One soap EastEnders on Thursday 2 June. The Prince of Wales, 73, and Duchess of Cornwall, 74, starred as themselves and joined Albert Square's residents with a street party to celebrate the Queen 's Platinum Jubilee.

EastEnders star Charlie Brooks' daughter looked like the spitting image of her in a new pouting selfie.Teenager Kiki Brooks, 17, showed off her remarkable resemblance to her mother as she wore a black top and heart-shaped silver chain and sported tumbling blonde locks with glasses propped on her head for the selfie shared on her Instagram earlier this week. Her doting mum Charlie, known for playing one of EastEnders' most-feared and iconic villains Janine Butcher, commented: "So beautiful baby," alongside a purple heart emoji. Kiki's likeness to her soap star mother was evident, with one person writing underneath Charlie's comment: "She's defo your double isn't she." Charlie regularly dotes over her daughter online, and back in December shared photos of Kiki to mark her 17th birthday.The mum and daughter look like best friends in a series of snaps showing Kiki growing up.

EastEnders actor Max Bowden has been seen allegedly leaving his co-star Shona McGarty's home as the pair are reportedly "inseparable" after Max's split from his pregnant lover. Max, 27, who plays Ben Mitchell, and Shona, 30, who plays Whitney Dean in the long-running soap, appear to have been growing a bond away from the screen. Max was seen leaving Whitney’s £650,000 home in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, on Wednesday morning in pictures obtained by The Sun.

EastEnders fans have been left feeling upset after watching Ben Mitchell's harrowing rape scenes with bartender Lewis Butler. Character Ben, who is played by Max Bowden, has been developing a close friendship with the new manager of Prince Albert Lewis, played by Aiden O'Callaghan recently. But things took an abrupt turn for the worst when Lewis didn't take "no" for an answer on Monday 23 May evening's episode of the popular BBC soap opera.

EastEnders star Shona McGarty has become "inseparable" from her co-star Max Bowden, according to reports. Max became single earlier this year after splitting with his ex Roisin Buckle, who has since revealed she is pregnant with his child.The pair are committed to staying on good terms for the sake of their new arrival. Shona has been single since splitting from her electrician fiancé Ryan Harris in January 2020.

EastEnders is set for exciting scenes as Prince Charles and Camilla will guest star in a celebratory episode to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. The Prince of Wales, 73, and Duchess of Cornwall, 74, will star as themselves and join Albert Square's residents with a street party to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.The specially shot scenes were filmed back on 31 March when Prince Charles and Camilla visited the set of EastEnders to meet the cast and crew of the long running drama.

EastEnders is set to take a dark turn next week. In a heartbreaking scene, Ben Mitchell will be raped by Albert Square’s newcomer; bar manager Lewis Butler, played by Aidan O'Callaghan. BBC soap EastEnders viewers have seen Ben, played by Max Bowden, struggle recently after he and husband Callum were targeted in a homophobic attack, which has triggered painful memories of when Ben's first love Paul was killed in similar circumstances.The long-running soap has been working closely with various charities and organisations on the new storyline – including SurvivorsUK, Survivors Manchester and the Male Survivors Partnership – to ensure the storyline is portrayed accurately and approached realistically and with sensitivity in mind.

This week on EastEnders is an important one for budding photographer Frankie Lewis (Rose Ayling-Ellis) as she desperately tries to build her portfolio. However, could she get more than she bargained for when recruited model Jay Mitchell (Jamie Borthwick) decides to strip in front of her? The BBC One soap has released cheeky teaser snaps of the scenes due to air on Thursday 19 May.They show Jay looking confused with his trousers around his ankles while he sports a pair of starry boxers.Turns out the soap favourite has found himself caught up in a prank that was the brainchild of Mitch Baker (Roger Griffiths) and Rocky (Brian Conley). However, the gag leads Lola Pierce (Danielle Harold) to believe that Jay is cheating on Honey (Emma Barton).

Eastenders icon Adam Woodyatt revealed he could end up working with a different kind of soap after being offered a job in a local cafe. The 53-year-old Ian Beale actor said he wanted to help out his pal who runs a cafe in Cambridge and joked he'd probably end up washing the pots. Adam, a favourite on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here last year, told the Daily Star : "My friend Daniel Clifford has previously offered me a bit of time working in his kitchen at Midsummer House restaurant in Cambridge, so I might go and do that for a couple of weeks.