Yolande Trueman
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| Duration | 2003— | ||||||
| First appearance | 16 September 2003 | ||||||
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Yolande Trueman (previously Duke) is a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. She is played by Angela Wynter.
History
Yolande arrived in Albert 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 bear and raise. Before long, 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 he had fallen for her. Her husband arrived to take Yolande home, and gave a tempted Patrick £10,000 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, and left, taking the money with her. After Victor returned to Trinidad, Yolande returned to Walford, sharing the money with Patrick.
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 stepson Paul went missing at Christmas 2004 after being involved in drug dealing 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 drenched Patrick with his pint of beer, and then forgave him.
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. Yolande has recently had a supposed drunken one-night-stand with Aubrey Valentine, one of Patrick's old friends.
On December 4, along with the Foxes/Wicks and Patrick, she went on a holiday to Dorset. Recently she has been helping Bert Atkinson look after his grandson Jay. Eventually Bert's lazy ways and Jay's trouble making caused her to announce in fury that she was kicking the pair out. She forgave them but still insisted they were moving out and when they did she helped them settle into their new home.
Family
- Husband: Patrick Trueman