Rosemary King
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| Rosemary King | |
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| Played by | Linda Thorson |
| Duration | 2006- |
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| Marital status | Widowed |
| Occupation | Businesswoman |
| Family | Tom, Alasdair, Grayson, Perdy, Matthew, Carl and Jimmy. |
Rosemary Venetia King (previously Sinclair) is a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. She is played by Linda Thorson. This name came into official use as of December 25, 2006, when Rosemary married the now deceased millionaire Tom King.
[edit] About Rosemary
Rosemary first appeared on Emmerdale in early 2006. She is the mother of Alasdair and Grayson Sinclair, and her family is very wealthy. The last member of the Sinclair family to be introduced, she disapproved of Alasdair's fiancée Sadie King. On the morning of the wedding, Rosemary tried to bribe Sadie into leaving her son alone, but Sadie refused to back down.
Alasdair and Sadie were married, but within moments Sadie's ex-lover Matthew King took Sadie away. Rosemary tried to have Sadie and Alasdair's marriage annulled to stop Sadie from getting a divorce settlement. However, Sadie tricked Rosemary into thinking that she and Alasdair had since consummated their marriage.
Rosemary made a deal with Sadie: in exchange for the Sinclair business with the most sentimental value to Rosemary, Sadie would have her marriage annulled. Rosemary finally got her own back on Sadie: as soon as the business was signed over, Rosemary revealed that it was now worthless. She also told Sadie that the meal she had been served prior to the signings had been Sadie's horse Cossack (this was a lie, but Sadie believed it).
Rosemary returned to the village in August, where it appeared that she lived at Oakwell Hall with son, Grayson and her daughter-in-law Perdy.
Their hatred of scheming Sadie was one of the things that bonded her and local businessman Tom King. Rosemary was quick to spot that getting involved with the wealthy family would be advantageous to both parties and began putting business their way.
And it wasn't just business that developed between the family. A spark ignited between Rosemary and Tom and they quickly became lovers – much to the horror of Tom's sons, who didn't trust Rosemary one little bit.
And they were right to question her motives. While she may have had a fancy house and a plumy accent, Rosemary's fortunes were fading fast. Her family home, Oakwell Hall, didn't belong to her anymore and her money was almost gone – mostly thanks to the stupidity of her sons Grayson and Alasdair. Grayson, in particular, had almost drunk the well dry.
His gambling, extravagant living and complete inability to make money of his own had left Rosemary bailing him out time and time again.
Sick of it, she cut him off – prompting more tension between herself and her daughter-in-law Perdy. Like Rosemary, Perdy had a bit of a taste for King men. In a move designed to wind up her mother-in-law, Perdy struck up a flirtation with Matthew King – and ended up having sex with him in Tom's office. Already convinced that Perdy was no good for her son anyway, Rosemary was determined to see the rocky marriage fail. But she hadn't banked on Grayson's devotion to Perdy. After discovering his wife had suffered a series of miscarriages and hadn't felt able to tell him, he decided to move her out of Rosemary's control and give their marriage a fighting chance.
Meanwhile, Rosemary had moved herself into Home Farm. With her relationship with Tom progressing, she felt more secure in her status there and clashed repeatedly with fellow resident Chas Dingle and Tom's trusted secretary Edna Birch.
With everyone opposed to their relationship, Tom decided he needed to prove that he was serious about Rosemary. He shocked her by proposing and now the couple are heading for a romantic, Christmas day wedding ceremony.
They married at the village church and later had the reception at Home Farm, Tom announced he was handing over control of Home Farm Estate over to her as a wedding present, much to the disgust of Tom's sons. Later that night, she was widowed when somebody pushed Tom out of his bedroom window. She was also named as one of the ten suspects who murdered Tom King.
[edit] Family
- Husband: Tom King (deceased)
- Sons: Grayson Sinclair, Alasdair Sinclair
