Emmerdale‘s Tracy Robinson takes drastic action next week – and bans the entire Dingle clan from Nate’s funeral.
Still convinced that Cain Dingle is the one responsible for her late husband’s murder, Tracy makes it clear that she doesn’t want any of the family near his final farewell.
“When Belle tries to reason with her, Tracy goes off the deep end,” our Emmerdale source explains.
“Soon, anyone with the surname Dingle is persona non grata at Nate’s funeral. Tracy is so full of grief and anger that she’s channelling it wholesale into her hatred of Cain, and what she thinks he did.”
Belle Dingle reckons she’s doing a good deed when she overhears Tracy making preparations for the funeral, and decides to take the opportunity to talk to her about Cain.
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Trying to change her mind, Belle points out that no one really knows what happened to Nate or how he was killed – but in Tracy’s emotional state, she takes Belle’s words the wrong way.
Soon, Tracy is insisting that Belle is accusing her of being Nate’s killer.
Full of rage, Tracy tells her that none of her family are welcome at Nate’s funeral, leaving Belle reeling.
When Cain discovers Tracy’s decision, the news hits him hard. He’s already grieving for his own son and accused of murder, but now his entire family aren’t allowed to say their final goodbyes to Nate.
Wanting to make things right, Belle wonders if someone else could talk Tracy round and asks Vanessa Woodfield if she can change her sister’s mind. Vanessa agrees to talk to her, but it turns out it’s not so easy.
“Vanessa sees how broken her sister really is,” our insider adds.
“Tracy lays her heart on the line, explaining that she feels she let Nate down when he was alive. Tracy’s riddled with guilt that she spent months believing Nate had abandoned his own daughter without a second thought, while all the time his body lay at the bottom of a lake.
“When Tracy tells Vanessa that she feels the funeral is her one chance to make things right, Vanessa crumbles and realises she can’t go into bat for Belle and the Dingles…”
As the day of the funeral approaches, will Nate’s family really be denied the chance to farewell one of their own?
