When is pat butcher leaving eastenders

Pat said the man was just a friend. On the 28th December , her 21st birthday, Pat was helping one of Johnny Allen 's prostitutes have a back street abortion. Pat cheated on Pete in October In July Pat had a son Simon Wicks. Pete believed he was the father but the real father could have been Kenny, Brian or Den also. Pete had enough of Pat and eventually left her and they divorced in Soon after, Pat married Brian and he took on responsibility of her two sons.

Brian adopted them, although Simon could have been Brian's real son. They left Walford in due to David's feud with fellow schoolboy Derek Branning who terrorised the entire family because David got his sister, Carol pregnant. They moved several miles away to Romford for a quieter life and Pat stayed with Brian until , when he started physically abusing her. Pat comes to Walford in June , to tell Pete that he is not Simon's father. Many arguments erupt, but Lou is quick to step in and she convinces a devastated Pete that Simon is his.

Later in the year however, when Pat starts work as barmaid in The Queen Vic, it emerges that Lou thinks Simon is the product of an affair Pat had with Kenny.

Lou is adamant that Pat should keep this secret and not upset her close-knit family. However, Pete's sister Pauline overhears and tells Pete everything. Pat lives up to her promiscuous reputation and, with encouragement from Mehmet Osman, ends the year prostituting herself. Animosity between Pat and Pete continues. When Pat is assaulted in February — left unconscious and close to death in the middle of the Square — Pete is prime suspect in the police investigation.

He is later cleared when the real culprit, the Walford attacker, is caught. The arrival of Kenny Beale in brings the question of Simon's parentage to the fore once again. Pat informs Simon and the Beale brothers that she does not know which of them is the real father, adding further confusion. She also says that Den Watts is a possibility.

Pat later rules Den out, but demands that he sleep with her, or she will tell people that he is the father. In July that year, a dying Lou pleads with Pat to finally come clean to Simon. Pat reveals that Brian Wicks, the man that Simon had believed to be his stepfather, is actually his biological father.

Following Lou's death, Pat forms a close friendship with her former foe, Kathy Beale , Pete's second wife. Both find they had a common bond, with the dominance of Lou and Pete in their lives. Frank comes back into Pat's life in June has died and he and Pat reunite, taking over tenancy of The Queen Vic public house.

Pat struggles as stepmother to Frank's children, particularly Janine, who hates Pat. On 22 June , Pat and Frank marry in cockney style, driving out of Albert Square in a horse-drawn cart. Pat tries to turn their fortunes around by starting her own cab firm, Pat Cabs.

However, disaster strikes on Christmas Eve that year, when Pat — whilst doing a short run for a regular customer — hits a teenage girl with her car. When breathalysed, she is found to be just over the limit. On New Year's Eve, Pat is devastated when the girl dies in hospital from her injuries and finds it hard to cope with the guilt, particularly when she is confronted by the girl's grieving mother.

When Pat appears in court, she is given a 6-month prison sentence. In the autumn Pat returns, but by then the Butchers are in financial ruin. In desperation, Frank persuades Phil Mitchell to torch the car-lot in an insurance scam.

Phil feels he owes Frank a favour. When this goes wrong and a homeless boy dies, Frank has a breakdown, and in April , he leaves the Square, abandoning Pat and his children without warning, leaving Pat destitute and heartbroken. Eventually, Frank's daughter Diane brings news that Frank is alive and has merely run away, so Pat begins getting on with her life.

In September she even became friendly with Geoff Barnes , who was dating much younger Michelle Fowler. Car-dealer Roy Evans is attracted to Pat, but early attempts to woo her get him nothing but refusals. Pat later softens and goes on a cruise with him, although she makes it quite clear that sex is not on offer.

Her carnal abstinence turns out to be blessing for Roy, as he later admits he is impotent and can offer nothing more than platonic love.

Pat is relieved to discover that, for once, a man wants something from her other than sex. Pat finds it hard to contain her rage and emotion upon seeing her estranged husband, but despite him stirring up old feelings, she opts to remain with Roy. Frank leaves Walford again. Roy and Pat marry in November In the spring of , Frank moves back to Walford but agrees to be just friends with Pat. Pat and Roy weather money problems, Roy's ill-health and depression, brought on by his jealousy of Pat and Frank's shared past, which almost makes him commit suicide in Pat finally convinces Roy that it was him she wants, although she finds it hard to let go of Frank completely.

In April Frank goes on to marry Peggy Mitchell , Pat's friend, but he begins to have second thoughts in after realising that he still loves Pat. Whilst the Butchers and the Evanses are holidaying in Spain, Frank seduces Pat and they sleep together. Pat tries to end the affair upon their return, but when Frank turns up on her doorstep naked apart from a comedy bow-tie , she realises that she had never stopped loving him either.

Their affair continues and they eventually decide to elope to Manchester. It is too late however, as Peggy has already discovered Frank's dear John letter. Peggy shames the cheating duo by reading the letter to the entire pub, and then slaps both Frank and Pat in full view of everyone. Roy shouts at Pat but soon after is willing to forgive Pat and explains to her that certain things have got to change, but Barry then alerts him to a suitcase containing massage oils, fishnet stockings and a red Basque which Pat had been planning to take with her when she ran away with Frank.

Roy is horrified and throws Pat out, leaving her penniless and homeless. Peggy throws Frank out, saying she always knew he was a rotter, but allows him to pack his stuff and he leaves Walford that night without Pat.

She had seen him drive off and called out but as it was raining, he did not see her, leaving her crying in the square alone. The effigy of Frank used for Guy Fawkes night is burned. Pat stays with Ian Beale and does jobs for him.

Roy later asks Pat for a divorce, but in February Pat decides to join Simon in New Zealand, and Roy follows her to the airport and tells her that he wants to be with her again, despite objections from his son Barry. Grateful that Roy has given her a second chance, Pat is adamant that she will not mess things up a second time.

However, in , Roy discovers that Pat had been covering an affair between Barry's wife, Natalie, and Frank's son, Ricky. Roy believes that Pat has again chosen Frank over him, because she decided to help Frank's offspring over his own. The stress leads to Roy's second and fatal heart attack.

His granddaughter Tiffany Butcher Maisie Smith is currently the only Butcher living in Albert Square, but what did the star who played the rest of the family do after leaving Walford?

Pam St Clement is known for playing the role of Pat Butcher in EastEnders from to m and making a guest appearance in , making the actress one of the longest-running cast members in the program. It has become. Pat has previously turned to cannabis to repair his joints and admitted that he is taking cannabis-injected oil daily to help with arthritis.

Sophie Lawrence joined the EastEnders cast as Diane Butcher in and was a regular character until Sophie, now 47, initially took advantage of her role in EastEnders to establish herself as a pop star. Janine recently returned to Albert Square and has already caused havoc, but the bad girl Janine Butcher was first introduced to soap fans in During her colourful years on the show, the character remarried several times and went to prison.

But I'm looking forward to the other work and life opportunities that I will have the time to pursue. Pat's most famous storylines in the show have included her rocky relationships with Frank Butcher Mike Reid , and with her step-daughter Janine Charlie Brooks. She also endured a sometimes strained friendship with Peggy Mitchell, who was played by Barbara Windsor.