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During this time she made several attempts to reconcile with estranged son Aaron, who she had left in the care of his birth dad Gordon Livesey.<\/p>\n
Aaron wasn\u2019t interested so Chas walked away again. However, she was unaware that Gordon was sexually abusing their lad. The guilt of that discovery, years later, is something that\u2019s haunted Chas ever since.<\/p>\nCarl had no idea what was coming (Credit: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n
Doomed romance with Carl King<\/h2>\n Soon after her arrival in the Dales, Chas began an intense on\/off romance with Carl King.<\/p>\n
Chas forgave a lot of Carl\u2019s indiscretions, but the final straw came when she discovered he was having an affair with Eve Jenson.<\/p>
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Following Charity\u2019s advice to take cheating Carl for every penny, Chas proposed and made out she was pregnant.<\/p>\n
The date was set for Christmas 2010, but on their wedding day, Chas exacted her revenge. She jilted Carl at the altar and revealed there was no baby.<\/p>\n
In 2012 Carl made a last-ditch attempt to win back Chas. By this point he was public enemy No.1 in the village and had discovered she was having an affair with Cameron Murray, who was Debbie\u2019s boyfriend. Chas was also engaged to Dan Spencer at the time. Carl began blackmailing her and became obsessed with winning her back.<\/p>
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After her wedding to Dan, Chas tried to flee to escape Carl\u2019s reign of terror. Carl caught her and attempted to rape her, but she fought back \u2013 hitting him over the head with a brick, which led her to believe she\u2019d killed him. Of course, viewers knew it was actually Cameron Murray who had delivered the fatal blow, but he allowed Chas to believe she was responsible for Carl\u2019s death.<\/p>\n
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The other relationships of Chas Dingle in Emmerdale<\/h2>\n Chas also betrayed her niece Debbie Dingle by sleeping with her partner, Cameron Murray.<\/p>\n
During a break in their secret relationship, Chas married dependable Dan Spencer.<\/p>
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The couple said \u2018I do\u2019 in a joint wedding ceremony alongside Katie Sugden and Declan Macey, which formed part of the soap\u2019s live 40th anniversary episode.<\/p>\n
But marriage was over before it began. And Chas resumed her relationship with Cameron. Unbeknownst to her, Cameron was a murderer \u2013 and responsible for the death of her half-sister, Gennie.<\/p>\n
Things between Chas and Cameron eventually turned ugly, and as revenge he held her hostage in the Woolpack before perishing in the pub\u2019s flooded cellar.<\/p>
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In late 2015 Chas reconnected with her ex, Aaron\u2019s dad, Gordon. They planned a future together until Aaron dropped the bombshell his dad has sexually abused him as a child. Chas vowed to make Gordon pay and eventually he was sentenced to 18 years in prison. He then took his own life in his cell.<\/p>\n
You\u2019d think Chas would have learnt her lesson by the time she settled down with loveable Paddy Kirk. But no.<\/p>\n
A disastrous affair with conman Al Chapman put paid to Chas\u2019s marriage and resulted in her losing her beloved Woolpack. It also meant she missed the death of her mother, Faith, when she was away at a spa hotel with Al.<\/p>
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Chas and Dr Liam have proper chemistry but Liam\u2019s started a relationship with Ella, even though he clearly has feelings for Chas.<\/p>\n
Can they make a go of it?<\/p>\n
Aside from romantic interests, the other most significant male in Chas\u2019s life is her son, Aaron. The pair have a tempestuous relationship, but reunited after Aaron learnt about his mum\u2019s cancer diagnosis.<\/p>
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The Woolpack is everything to Chas (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nHer reign at The Woolpack<\/h2>\n One of the greatest losses of Chas\u2019s life was having to stand down as landlady of The Woolpack. Arguably the village pub is the real love of her life.<\/p>
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Chas started working at the village boozer shortly after her arrival in 2002 and was an instant hit with the punters. After a number of years as barmaid, she became co-owner alongside landlady Diane Sugden.<\/p>\n
Then in 2016, Diane retired and handed the reins over to Chas. She decided to bring in her cousin Charity to help run the show, but their partnership soon went sour.<\/p>\n
Chas\u2019s ultimate downfall came when she allowed dodgy businessman Al Chapman to buy into The Woolpack. He was secretly plotting to turn it into flats though and he ended up torching the pub in an insurance scam.<\/p>
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Following the fire, Chas was forced to sell up to Charity and her son, Ryan Stocks, but kept her foot in by working as The Woolpack\u2019s manager. She also still lives in the accommodation.<\/p>\nThe loss of Grace was devastating for Paddy and Chas (Credit: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nLosing Grace<\/h2>\n In early 2018, Chas was surprised but delighted to discover she and Paddy were expecting.<\/p>\n
However, tragedy struck when their unborn daughter was diagnosed with the fatal condition bilateral renal agenesis. It meant her kidneys would not develop properly and she would not survive long after birth.<\/p>\n
Chas made the gut-wrenching decision to continue with the pregnancy to term, and gave birth to their daughter Grace, who passed away shortly afterwards.<\/p>
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Happiness followed the following year when Chas gave birth to another little girl, who she and Paddy named Eve.<\/p>\nChas has faced this head on (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nCancer battle<\/h2>\n Chas\u2019s world was turned upside down in early 2024 when she was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer.<\/p>\n
Further tests revealed Chas is a carrier of the faulty BRCA2 gene, which increased her risk of developing certain cancers.<\/p>\n
Chas made the brave decision to undergo a double mastectomy.<\/p>
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She also encouraged the rest of the Dingle family to undergo genetic testing to see if they had inherited the same BRAC2 faulty gene. Brothers Cain and Caleb were clear, but son Aaron has also got the gene. He took the news badly, but Chas has supported him as he came to terms with what it could mean.<\/p>\nActress Lucy is a far cry from her alter ego (Credit: SplashNews.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWho plays Chas Dingle in Emmerdale?<\/h2>\n Chas Dingle in Emmerdale is played by actress Lucy Pargeter.<\/p>\n
Before shooting to fame on the Yorkshire-based soap, Lucy had roles in dramas such as Soldier Soldier, Dalziel and Pascoe and the revival of soap Crossroads in 2002.<\/p>\n
She was also a member of girl group Paperdolls, who toured with boyband Boyzone in the 1990s.<\/p>
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Lucy has three daughters, Lola, who was born in 2005, and twins Missy and Betsy, who were born in April 2017, with her former fianc\u00e9 Rudi Coleano.<\/p>\n
The pair announced their split in 2019, and Lucy has since gone on to find happiness with a new mystery man.<\/p>\n
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