She has never been short of love interests, and has had romantic entanglements with Fred Elliott and undertaker Archie Shuttleworth , among others. Audrey's best friend was Alma Halliwell. Audrey was devastated when Alma was diagnosed with cervical cancer and was by Alma's side when she died in Audrey nearly became a victim of Gail's serial killer husband Richard Hillman who was Alma's cousin , when he discovered she was wealthy, having inherited money from Alf.
He set fire to her house to make her appear insane, but she was rescued by Steve McDonald. In October , Audrey spoke to her close friend Fred Elliott , who was due to marry Bev Unwin later that week, and told him how she wished he was marrying her, not Bev. This caused Fred to have doubts about his decision but had seemingly decided upon marrying Bev. Audrey then told Ashley that she would not be coming to the wedding, which led to Fred borrowing Bev's car to visit her.
After a heart-to-heart, Fred prepared to leave Audrey's house to get back to the church but collapsed in her hallway and died. Audrey, accompanied by the police, broke the news to Ashley and Claire at the church. Audrey struck up a relationship with old friend Bill Webster , in late However, on Christmas Day, Bill's wife Maureen turned up, and the secret affair was revealed.
Bill went back to Germany but returned to Weatherfield in early and rekindled his relationship with Audrey, and he subsequently moved in with her. In September , Audrey took her grandson David into her home after he was made homeless by Gail for hiding Ecstasy pills inside niece Bethany's doll. Son Stephen returned at Christmas to offer David a job in Italy. He accepted but Audrey found drugs in his drawer at the salon and Stephen withdrew his offer.
Jason , Sarah and Bethany decided to go, but at the last minute Jason changed his mind. He left Bethany and Sarah at the railway station, and returned home. Eventually, Audrey grew fed up with David, especially after she learned he had pushed Gail down the stairs in a fit of rage.
She was dumbfounded when Gail refused to press charges, and still has a reticent relationship with her grandson. In spring , Audrey was contacted by Ted Page , Gail's biological father who never knew of Gail's existence.
Audrey met up with him and soon told him he had a daughter. He was surprised, and Audrey was very surprised herself to learn that Ted was gay. This led characters such as David's girlfriend Tina to jokingly question whether or not Audrey had "turned" Ted gay, which he denied.
She'd been miserable the whole time and felt that Bill had ignored her. Bill had been drinking so Audrey insisted she drove. Whilst driving, Audrey began having an argument with Janice, who accused her of being a fortune hunter and caring nothing about Alf or Fred.
Audrey was furious, even more so when Bill chose not to defend her, instead saying she'd been unhappy the whole trip. The argument caused her to lose control and she veered off the road, through a small forest of trees and crashed into a grey box, injuring her arm. It was this moment which caused her to consider ending her relationship with Bill, and she asked him to move out. At the end of , Audrey fell for conman Lewis Archer but eventually saw his true colours and they split up.
In , Audrey and Gail were both diagnosed with high blood pressure and were told to exercise. They got lost while power-walking in the countryside and ran into a pub, where they were reunited with Lewis. However, he left their lives again one year later. In , when David was kicked out for causing a car crash which left his brother Nick brain damaged, Audrey took David in again.
In , Kylie was murdered by Clayton Hibbs and Audrey mourned her with the rest of the family. On a happier note, her third great-grandchild and first great-grandson, Harry Platt , was born in April that year. In , Gail became involved with con woman Rosemary Piper , who told the fearful Gail that the Platt family were cursed, the evil Richard Hillman's spirit looming over them. Audrey told Gail to stay away, as she thought something was not right.
Rosemary carried on deceiving the hapless Gail. The Platt's soon found that Rosemary was being paid by Lewis Archer. Audrey was shocked to find her former love interest tricking the family out of money yet again. Roy Cropper , who was sceptical of Rosemary from the start, found Lewis' car, and Lewis himself talking to Rosemary through a walkie-talkie.
He made a citizen's arrest. Audrey offered to keep guard of Lewis, who was still in the car. She started to see it from the manipulative Lewis' view and he told her he loved her and had never loved anyone else.
He also stated he had the money to pay back Gail that he and Rosemary had scammed from her. Audrey let Lewis run away and escape from the car. A few months later, Audrey's salon worker Maria Connor had left, stealing business in her flat, where she styled hair for the locals.
Audrey had also found out about her grandson David 's rape by his so-called friend Josh Tucker. She and Maria also developed a slightly hostile relationship, and Maria set out to start her own rival business with Claudia Colby , who had first introduced Audrey to Lewis. Audrey was surprised he had kept his promises. She visited him in prison and he told her again that he loved her, and had learnt the error of his evil ways.
Audrey continued to be slightly wary of Lewis but started to believe him. She confided in Claudia that she still thought Lewis attractive and good-looking in prison uniform. Claudia encouraged Audrey to go for it, specially seen as Lewis had just been released. Audrey wasn't sure, knowing Gail would be disgusted. Secretly, Audrey told Gail, who had just started a new job with Gary Windass , that she was going on a cruise. Gail offered to come with her, but Audrey lied, telling Gail fervently that there were no places left.
Audrey was actually going to meet Lewis at his house. She went to Lewis' house, and danced with him, telling him she may be open to a relationship. Gail became worried and did not trust what Audrey was telling her. Gail entered Roy's Rolls and asked about the name of the cruise that Audrey was supposed to be on.
Imran Habeeb told Gail that the same cruise had ended six months ago, never to sail again. Gail became more worried, specially as Audrey had told her she was dancing with the captain. After graduating from drama school, Helen started her career in theatre and also had roles in films such as Oliver!
Helen married deputy headmaster Trevor Dawson in after a whirlwind romance. He got down on one knee after keeping their romance secret for more than a year. Helen was previously married to actor Michael Angelis, but they split in after 21 years together.
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