Watch the moment EastEnders’ George Knight calls off wedding to Elaine Peacock after deceit is exposed
GEORGE Knight cancels his wedding to Elaine Peacock after Cindy Beale’s explosive revelation in EastEnders.
Elaine Peacock begged Cindy Beale to seduce George Knight in a last-minute loyalty test before their wedding day in Monday’s episode of EastEnders.
Cindy reluctantly agreed, leading to a nostalgic moment as she and George reminisced about their wedding day in Marbella.
Cindy urged George to recall the woman she was in Marbella – the one he married and “ravished in our honeymoon suite.”
“Did you ever stop loving her? Did you?” Cindy asked him.
As Cindy kissed him, George fumed and confessed that he doesn’t want her and loves Elaine.
But as he slammed Cindy for her game playing, Cindy can’t help but expose Elaine and her scheme.
Cindy revealed: “It was Elaine that begged me to do it! It was her idea. This, me the wine… one final test. And you know what George? You passed!”
George failed to believe Cindy and thought it was another one of her lies.
But when Cindy revealed her missed calls from Elaine, she called her back.
And Elaine asked her if George “fell for it,” leave George stunned.
He later confronted Elaine, who begged him to forgive her.
“Please don’t throw this all away! Our family, our life together. I love you so much,” she pleaded.
George replied: “I love you too Lainey. But… I can’t marry you.”
Can the Knight family rally together to get George and Elaine to the alter and say “I do”?
EastEnders airs Monday to Thursday at 7:30pm on BBC One and is available on BBC iPlayer.
Best soap affair love triangles
LOVE triangles are a fundamental part of soap-land, but which ones have become the most iconic?
EASTENDERS
Bradley/Stacey/Max: Stacey Slater began an affair with boyfriend Bradley Branning’s dad Max in 2007.
Despite their romps, Stacey still married Bradley, but their deceit came out in an iconic Christmas Day episode that year.
Grant/Sharon/Phil: Heading even further back in Walford history, EastEnders fans were gripped in the 90s as Sharon Watts had a one-night stand with her brother-in-law Phil Mitchell.
Sharon confided in best friend Michelle Fowler – not realising it was caught on tape – and her husband Grant eventually found out and played it in front of everyone at the Queen Vic.
Syed/Amira/Christian: Syed Masood was engaged to Amira before realising he had feelings for another man, Christian, which he confessed to him on his wedding day.
A devout Muslim, Syed refused to admit his true sexuality and went ahead and married Amira anyway, but when they returned, the two men started an affair before being caught in the act by Amira.
CORONATION STREET
Shelley/Peter/Lucy: Peter Barlow took the concept of a love triangle and ran with it in Coronation Street – extending it to bigamy.
He was in a relationship with Shelley Unwin but started dating Lucy Richards, and quickly married her after she fell pregnant with his son, Simon.
But it didn’t stop him also marrying Shelley, but he was eventually caught when Lucy turned up in Weatherfield and the two women confronted him.
Ken/Deidre/Mike: Back in 1982, Deirdre Barlow started sleeping with her husband’s nemesis Mike Baldwin in secret, before confessing all a year later.
When Mike turned up at the marital home, Deirdre was being throttled by her husband who then kicked her out, but years later they reconciled.
Maria/Aidan/Eva: In 2017, Aidan Connor started sleeping with girlfriend Eva Price’s best friend, Maria Connor.
Eva eventually found out and she decided to take revenge by faking a pregnancy, spending his money and planned to confront him on their wedding day.
But she had a change of heart when a remorseful Aidan confessed, and decided to marry him anyway, only for Maria to arrive and expose her fake pregnancy.
EMMERDALE
Ross/Debbie/Pete: Debbie Dingle found herself torn between two brothers, Ross and Pete Barton in 2015 in Emmerdale.
She eventually decided to marry Pete but yet again, a soap wedding day was ruined when the groom learned of his bride’s betrayal via a recording played at the wedding.
Chrissie/Robert/Aaron: Robert Sugden was married to Chrissie White and all seemed well – until he began a steamy affair with Aaron Dingle.
Robert’s ex Katie Sugden almost exposed the affair – but fell to her death before she had the chance.
However, a guilty Aaron eventually cracked and told Chrissie about the affair – after which she announced it to the whole pub.