Emmerdale's Belle star Eden Taylor-Draper 'so upset' when reading scripts ahead of major change
09.02.2024 - 12:05
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Emmerdale star Eden Taylor-Draper has shared how she was left 'so upset' when reading her scripts ahead of her big wedding scenes. As viewers of the ITV soap know, her character Belle Dingle is currently preparing to tie the knot with Tom King after they were reunited last year.
Belle pulled off her own Christmas proposal for Tom after her first attempt was scuppered. She enlisted the help of Leyla Cavanagh who was owed a favour by none other than Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, who Tom happens to be a huge fan of.
The Olympic legends performed their gold medal-winning Bolero routine in front of Tom's very eyes before Belle appeared and dropped to bended knee to ask her boyfriend to marry her after she turned him down back in October.
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A few weeks later and while Tom admired Belle's engagement ring, he wondered why they were waiting to set a date for their wedding. While Belle pointed out that they're not waiting but also not rushing, Tom made it clear he didn't want to waste any time before tying the knot and after some pushing, Belle agreed.
Ahead of the wedding scenes, set to air in the ITV soap next week, Eden has opened up about an upcoming storyline, which sees Tom keen for her to take his surname - but Belle is adamant she wants to keep her Dingle name. But after persuasion, Bella agrees to take Tom's surname, but the decision has left actress Eden feeling "so upset".
"I am so upset to lose the Dingle name. Honestly, I read it in the script and I thought 'NO!'" she explained to the Mirror, before adding: "I went upstairs to