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BBC EastEnders' Patsy Palmer's real-life brother's addiction battle and prison past


Patsy Palmer's older brother Albert Harris is preparing to check into a detox centre as he battles to beat his addiction demons

Albert revealed that he was the one who first introduced Patsy to acting after spotting a newspaper advert for the Anna Scher Theatre in Islington, North London. Earlier this month, we saw her character back on our screens when she received a visit from her stepdaughter Whitney Dean ( Shona McGarty) in Milton Keynes. Patsy in a scene with onscreen stepdaughter Whitney Dean (Image: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)But he admitted: "It makes me feel so tired.

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