Yolande Trueman

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Yolande Trueman (formerly Duke) is a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. She is played by Angela Wynter.

History

Yolande arrived in the square on 16 September 2003, as Patrick Trueman's holiday romance. They had met during Patrick's visit to his homeland of Trinidad, where the middle-aged couple enjoyed a steamy affair, much the contrary to Yolande's boring marriage to a strict, uptight, and religious Victor, whose traditional customs included viewing women as objects to bare and raise. Before soon, Yolande realised that all Patrick wanted was a fun fling, and prepared to leave England, but Patrick talked her into staying at their bed and breakfast, after admitting to have fallen for her. Her husband arrived to take Yolande home, and gave a tempted Patrick £15,000 to allow him to do so. After refusing, Yolande caught Patrick with the money in his hand (he was about to return it to Victor), and she got the wrong end of the stick, believing that he had accepted this payment. Again, she prepared to make her exit, until Victor told the truth and Patrick begged her not to leave.

They eventually settled down and married in 2004, helped run the bed and breakfast and tried fostering a little girl. Yolande currently co-runs Albert Square's shop, the Minute Mart, with Patrick, which he bought as an expansion to their little empire.

The Truemans met grief when Patrick's 'son' Paul went missing at Christmas 2004 after being involved in dealing drugs as part of Andy Hunter's scheme. After several weeks of searching, Paul's body was discovered, although the causes and circumstances of his murder were uncertain. Patrick realised that Andy was involved in this, and set about attempting to avenge the dodgy businessman/gangster, although his prays were answered when Andy was thrown off a bridge (to his death) by Johnny Allen, whom he'd tried to rip off.

Yolande was involved in a very minor storyline when she thought her husband Patrick was cheating on her, which resulted in Honey Edwards' arrival in late November 2005 as a honey trapper to try and fool Patrick. However, Honey mistook Billy Mitchell for Patrick, so unfortunately for Yolande and Honey, the plan didn't work. The same night Yolande first drenched Patrick with his pint of beer, and then forgave him. Honey has now got a barmaid job in The Vic.

Yolande then struck up a feud with Pat Evans when she nosed in at Trueman's Motors. Their rivalry took the next step when Pat slept with Patrick, but Stacey Slater caught Pat and Patrick kissing, and told Yolande. This resulted in a brawl in The Queen Vic.

Family

Husband: Patrick Trueman
Stepson: Anthony Trueman

External link

[Yolande Duke EastEnders cast card]

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