EASTENDERS legend Pam St Clement made a rare appearance on social media as she celebrated 80th birthday.
The actress hasn’t been seen in public since her last television appearance two years ago.
But Pam looked in high spirits as she marked her milestone birthday with fellow former EastEnders star Kellie Shirley.
Kellie, who played Carly Wicks in the BBC One soap, shared a snap of her and her children with a beaming Pam, known for playing iconic character Pat Butcher.
She added: “Happy birthday to the Queen of #Walford and total legend that is #pamstclement #80 so much love and so glad you’re in our life! 
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Kellie’s followers also wished Pam a happy birthday, with one even sharing a touching story about the star.
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They wrote: “Working behind a bar in Hastings, Pam was staying at our hotel and could see I was struggling so jumped behind the bar and started pouring the drinks.
“Happy birthday Pam! An absolute legend.”
Pam starred at Pat for 26 years – from 1986 to 2012 – and made a brief final appearance in 2016, making her one of the shows longest-serving characters.
In December 2020 Pam appeared on This Morning via video link from her Oxfordshire home to talk about her friend and former co-star, the late Dame Barbara Windsor.
Confessing that she’d been unable to see her for a year before her death due to Covid restrictions, Pam revealed Barbara’s husband Scott had kept her up to date.
She said: “We’ve stayed in close contact. He’s kept me up to speed as it were with everything that’s been happening.
“I’ve been out of the country for much of this year so I couldn’t visit her, well nobody could visit her with the lockdowns and everything.
“It was impossible, which is sad in a sense because it means I haven’t seen her for nearly a year, and that is a sadness to me.”
