{"id":3378,"date":"2024-08-06T13:00:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmerdale-insider.com\/?p=3378"},"modified":"2024-08-07T13:29:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T12:29:33","slug":"laurel-ashley-emmerdale-soulmates-tragic-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/characters\/laurel-ashley-emmerdale-soulmates-tragic-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashley and Laurel’s love story: Friends to soulmates and tragic end"},"content":{"rendered":"

Laurel Potts married Ashley Thomas in Classic Emmerdale<\/a> on Tuesday August 6. As she goes through a messy divorce from Jai Sharma in current Emmerdale episodes, it got us thinking about her one true love \u2013 was it Ashley?<\/p>

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They married twice, got through some dreadful things and were together until his end. If that\u2019s not soulmates, then what is?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s their history together as we remember the good times, the bad and the very ugly for Laurel and Ashley Thomas.<\/p>\n

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It was a rocky start for Laurel and Ashley (Credit: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Unrequited love<\/h2>\n

Laurel<\/a> fell for Ashley quite soon after her 2002 arrival in the Dales. But he didn\u2019t feel the same and firmly friend-zoned her.<\/p>\n

He was dating Louise Appleton at the time, but it was clear they weren\u2019t really in love with each other. They were involved in a car crash during a storm in 2004 and nearly died. It made them reassess things and they realised they weren\u2019t right for each other, so parted ways as friends.<\/p>

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