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He even stitches Phil up and Phil later finds out. Dan revels in winding Peggy up and insulting the Butchers. Also, Dan had stolen Frank's son Ricky Butcher’s wife Bianca Butcher off Ricky by having an affair with her. Peggy loathes Dan, and the two frequently row over the running of the pub. To spite Peggy, Phil sells Grant's share in the pub to local businessman Dan Sullivan for £5. Tension develops between Peggy and Phil when Grant leaves for Rio de Janeiro after a violent fight with his brother. Peggy has doubts about the wedding when her cancer returns and she has to undergo a mastectomy, however she ultimately decides to go through with it. Peggy goes on to begin a relationship with local car lot owner Frank Butcher, and they become engaged.
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Peggy and George become engaged, but their relationship ends when Phil reveals his criminal nature. She initially refuses surgery and breaks up with George, fearing that he will not be able to handle her illness however, with the support of her family and assurances from George, she eventually goes through with a lumpectomy. Peggy later recants on her position when she is diagnosed with breast cancer. She instigates a hate campaign against local resident Mark Fowler when she discovers he is HIV positive, beginning a feud with his mother Pauline Fowler. Peggy enters into a relationship with businessman George Palmer, unaware that he is a criminal involved in illegal money laundering. Blaming Sharon for the affair, Peggy tries to force her out of Walford, resulting in Sharon signing over her share of the pub and leaving the Mitchell family as the sole owners, with Peggy in charge. Peggy becomes acting landlady of The Queen Victoria public house. She returns to Walford in November 1994 when her sons fall out, after Phil has an affair with Grant's wife Sharon Mitchell. Peggy is then absent for a period of three years, during which time her relationship with Kevin ends.
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Peggy attempts to stop them marrying, but is unsuccessful. Peggy first appears in EastEnders when Sam's desire to escape from her family causes her to elope with Ricky Butcher at the age of sixteen. When Eric developed cancer, Peggy gave up work to care for him, but Kevin returned promptly after Eric's death in 1985 and Peggy's children took against him. Her relationship with Eric improved, but only temporarily, and when Kevin Masters employed Peggy to work at his minicab firm, they began a secret affair.
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Peggy tried to save her marriage by having another child in 1975, her only daughter Sam Mitchell. Peggy considered leaving when her sons, Phil Mitchell and Grant Mitchell were teenagers, and once even tried to seduce Johnny Allen, but he turned her down. Eric took his angst out on Peggy and was often violent towards her and Phil. Eric fell in love with a woman called Maureen and planned to elope with her, but changed his mind, unable to desert his family, who he grew to resent. Johnny would taunt Eric, making him do demeaning jobs because Eric was a better boxer than him. Eric, a keen boxer, worked for gangster Johnny Allen. Peggy married Eric Mitchell in 1960 because she was pregnant with Phil Mitchell. She had an older sister named Sal Martin. Margaret Ann Martin was born on the 21st March 1942, East London, to Jack and Lilian Martin. Peggy also had several feuds during her time in Albert Square, the most notable of these being her long-lasting rivalry with Pat Evans, which began after Pat started an affair with Frank Butcher, while he was still married to Peggy. Peggy was fiercely protective of her family and the Mitchell name, and became famous for her catchphrase "Get outta my pub!", used when ejecting people from The Queen Victoria.