EastEnders Christmas spoilers: Tragedy for Whitney as she is haunted by a tragic death

**The past comes back to haunt Whitney (Picture: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)**

In EastEnders, Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty) is going to have a difficult Christmas since she is haunted by a horrible death.

She has been thrilled to welcome a kid in need of care into Whit and Zack Hudson’s (James Farrar) household ever since they were approved as foster parents, and Ashton is a bright spot in her life.

However, Zack will first have a harder time connecting with the young man.

After their infant Peach was diagnosed with Edwards syndrome and died, the couple turned to foster care.

Zack was horrified when Whitney declared she couldn’t subject her body to another pregnancy after Peach’s untimely death.

Despite his undetectable viral load, he had still agonised with his HIV diagnosis and had hoped for another child.

Whitney, however, was adamantly opposed to it, and the pair even moved out of No. 1 into their own flat in order to qualify to be foster parents.

**Whitney and Zack spend time with Ashton (Picture: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)**

Whit finds much-needed happiness in fostering Ashton, but as Christmas approaches, she must inform him that he is relocating to a new foster home.

At Peggy’s, Zack sobers up with Martin Fowler (James Bye), while Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy) makes a fruitless attempt to lift Whitney’s spirits.

As Sonia struggles to accept Ashton’s move on the market, poor Whitney even gives her a picture of Ashton in his new house.

Whitney encounters Yolande Trueman (Angela Wynter), who discusses her own memories of fostering, while seeking comfort at Peach’s tree at the allotment.