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EastEnders star Patsy Palmer's brother Albert Harris reveals he is checking himself into rehab two years after being released from prison in the hope he can reconcile with his actress sister


Patsy's brother Albert Harris, 56, has struggled with heroin addiction since he was 12 years old and although he has been clean for a year, he wants to be rid of his need for methadone.

The siblings have not spoke in a year due to Patsy, 51, having lived State side since 2014, but Albert hopes to get better so that he can see her and 'make our mum proud,' he told The Mirror on Saturday. The brother of EastEnders actress Patsy Palmer has revealed that he is checking himself into rehab, two years after he was released from prison Albert, who attends Narcotics Anonymous multiple times a week, admitted that it can be challenging when people find out he is on methadone and learn of his prison stints.

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