Emmerdale legend Diane Sugden is returning to the village tonight (Wednesday, October 12).
Chas and Rodney planned for Diane to come back to surprise her friend Faith.
But who is Diane, who was she married to and why did she leave Emmerdale?
Who is Diane Sugden?
Diane first appeared in Emmerdale in November 1999. She is played by Elizabeth Estensen.
She is the sister of Val Lambert, aka Val Pollard and mother of Bernice Blackstock.
Her first husband Bernice’s dad Rodney, but in 2004 she married Jack Sugden, becoming stepmother to his children Robert, Victoria and Andy.
When were Diane and Rodney married?
Diane Lambert met Rodney Blackstock at a fairground in 1965 when she was 18 and he was 16, before they married in 1966.
They share daughter, Bernice Blackstock, who was born December 29 1968, however Rodney didn’t stick around and abandoned them when Bernice was just five years old.
Rodney and Diane didn’t reunite again until 2000 when Bernice’
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