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Hannah Roberts

Confrontation at Queen Vic pub turns deadly in EastEnders Christmas special

There was trouble in the Square for Kat and Zoe Slater (Jessie Wallace and Michelle Ryan) in the EastEnders Christmas special (BBC/Kieron McCarron/Matt Burlem/PA) -

EastEnders appears to have killed off one of its characters following a confrontation at the Queen Vic pub during the soap’s two-part Christmas special.

Anthony Trueman, played by Nicholas Bailey, was declared dead by Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace) after she discovered his body at the top of the stairs of the Queen Vic pub, near to her daughter Zoe Slater, who had passed out next to him after being thrown against a bannister.

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