{"id":47418,"date":"2024-03-07T20:56:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T19:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2004803"},"modified":"2024-03-07T22:52:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T21:52:20","slug":"eastenders-cindy-warns-george-to-be-honest-over-heritage-ahead-of-court-case","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/eastenders-cindy-warns-george-to-be-honest-over-heritage-ahead-of-court-case\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders\u2019 Cindy warns George to be honest over heritage ahead of court case"},"content":{"rendered":"

George’s discovery continues to weigh heavily. <\/p>

By Laura Denby\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 07 March 2024 at 19:56 PM<\/p>

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Warning: This article contains discussion of racist hate crimes and murder.<\/em><\/p>\n

Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) warned ex-husband George Knight (Colin Salmon) to be honest with their daughters about his heritage in tonight\u2019s EastEnders<\/a> (7th March 2024).<\/p>\n

Recently, George was shellshocked when his adoptive parents Eddie (Christopher Fairbank) and Gloria Knight (Elizabeth Counsell) revealed that they had gained custody of him through farming, a process where children were sold illegally.<\/p>\n

Then came the bigger bombshell: George\u2019s father, Henry Kofi Asare, had wanted him back, but was murdered by vile racist Eddie<\/a> 40 years ago after Gloria begged her husband to do whatever it took for them to keep George.<\/p>\n

Through all this, George finally learned that his biological parents were Ghanaian, and that he was of Caribbean descent. Eddie and Gloria wanted George to give Eddie a positive character reference for the murder trial, but disgusted George disowned them.<\/p>\n

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George was shattered by the truth about Eddie and Gloria<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC\/Kieron McCarron<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Meanwhile, George awaited some DNA results to see if he could trace his mother or any other biological family members, and kept the news about Henry from daughters Gina (Francesca Henry) and Anna Knight (Molly Rainford), who know only that Eddie murdered a young Black man.<\/p>\n

Cindy accosted George about the holiday to Jamaica that Gina had booked, urging him to tell the girls why he had rejected the idea. George wanted to wait for the results, hoping to get answers about his birth family.<\/p>\n

While Cindy insisted that their girls weren\u2019t stupid, and would eventually figure out there was more to the story about Eddie, George said he would feel a fraud in Jamaica, now knowing that the country wasn\u2019t part of his heritage as he had previously believed.<\/p>

At The Vic, George\u2019s fianc\u00e9e Elaine Peacock (Harriet Thorpe) was not impressed when Cindy put her foot in it about the \u201cfamily holiday\u201d, which no one had told her about.<\/p>\n

George braced himself to tell Gina and Anna the truth, but when Gina revealed she had spent \u00a35k on their flights and it was non-refundable, George had a change of heart and agreed to go to Jamaica after all.<\/p>\n

After the girls confirmed the holiday was back on, George invited Cindy and Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) over for Sunday lunch for Mother\u2019s Day, much to Elaine\u2019s annoyance.<\/p>\n

In a furtive chat, Cindy called George a \u201csoft touch\u201d, and reminded him that, regardless of the DNA results, he would need to tell Gina and Anna everything sooner or later. With Eddie\u2019s trial set to take a shocking turn<\/a> next week, where does this leave George?<\/p>\n

If you have been affected by the issues in this article surrounding racism and hate crime, please visit the website\u00a0Stop Hate UK<\/a>\u00a0for independent and confidential support to people affected by hate crime, including confidential hate crime reporting services in various parts of the UK. For more support, see\u00a0BBC Action Line<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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