EastEnders spoilers follow.
EastEnders star Jacqueline Jossa has warned that there's still drama to come for her character Lauren Branning and Peter Beale ahead of their upcoming wedding.
It's already been a turbulent year for the couple, who got engaged in April, nearly split for good the following month and later fought to get their relationship back on track.
Lauren and Peter were almost torn apart after struggling to cope with their baby son Jimmy's life-changing diagnosis and rows over Lauren's addiction to pain medication.
Speaking to us at an EastEnders press event this week, Jacqueline was asked about Lauren and Peter's upcoming nuptials.
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She teased: "You can expect wedding bells. But it's a Walford wedding, so maybe don't fork out on a hat! See what happens – see you there!"
When it was pointed out that Albert Square weddings rarely involve plain sailing, Jacqueline replied: "Exactly."
Show bosses are currently working on establishing a new chapter for the Branning family, with Lauren's dad Max returning on a permanent basis later this year after his brief comeback this week.
The BBC soap has explored Max's secret connection to Zoe Slater, as flashbacks explored how they'd met by chance and had a fling earlier this year.
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Asked recently whether Lauren would be pleased to see Max back, Jacqueline replied: "Interesting – not as much as Jacqueline would!
"But it's a weird one, because her dad's her dad. She knows him very, very, very well – maybe a little bit more than Oscar does as well. So I think there's layers to this.
"Deep, deep, deep down, she always wants to be her dad's little girl. There is still that there always, no matter what."
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On reuniting with Jake Wood – who plays Max – she added: "I had been hoping that the day would come for a very, very, very long time. Then all of a sudden, I really didn't want to know, because you just feel it in your bones that it might actually be happening.
"Then I just fully panicked: 'Actually tell me nothing, I don't want to know anything, because I'll accidentally say it! I don't want to ruin one of the biggest returns ever!'
"So I was just more just excited to read it in the script. When I read it in the script, I thought: 'Yeah, it's very exciting'."
EastEnders airs on Mondays-Thursdays at 7.30pm on BBC One. The show also streams on BBC iPlayer, where most episodes drop early at 6am ahead of their TV broadcast.
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