Lady Di is the Carter's pet bulldog, she is named after Lady Diana Spencer. On 31 December 2013, Linda Carter told Dot Branning that Lady Di's birthday is the same day as hers.
Storylines
After moving into The Queen Victoria with her owners, Linda plans to make money by breeding Lady Di's pedigree. However, Lady Di becomes pregnant unplanned after mating with Abi Branning's dog, Tramp, to Linda's annoyance. Lady Di gives birth to five puppies, although the youngest almost does not survive until Phil Mitchell saves her. Lady Di stays with Babe Smith until she sells the puppies before returning home a couple of months later.
After the birth of Mick and Linda's son, Ollie Carter, Lady Di starts behaving in a way that Mick struggles with, and Lady Di is sent to live with Mick's aunt, Tina Carter, at Carol Jackson's house. Lady Di takes a dislike to Tina's girlfriend, Sonia Fowler, and is sent to live with Mick's mother, Shirley, without Mick's permission.
When Mick finds out, he furiously takes Lady Di back to the Vic, where she is welcomed by Linda, who has missed her. Mick later uses taking Lady Di for walks as way of meeting Shirley in secret. Lady Di alerts Linda that something is wrong with Ollie Carter following a fall from his highchair and she also alerts them when Ollie is suffering a seizure. Following months of roof leaks, the kitchen ceiling collapses on top of Lady Di, who is in her cage at the time. Though Lady Di is not harmed, tests show that she has pneumonia and her insurance does not cover treatment as it is a pre-existing condition, despite that Carters not knowing about it before. Shirley and Linda sell the freehold of the Vic to pay for Lady Di's operation, which is successful.
On 29 December 2022, Shirley decided to leave Walford after the supposed death of Mick, and takes Lady Di with her. They are both last seen walking down Bridge Street.
List of appearances
Incomplete
- 14 April 2016
- 4 July 2016
- 3 November 2016
- 14 November 2016
- 1 January 2017
- 6 February 2017
- 7 February 2017
- 28 February 2017
- 9 March 2017 - Part 2
- 14 March 2017
- 16 March 2017
- 17 March 2017 - Part 2
- 30 March 2017
- 31 March 2017
- 10 April 2017
- 11 April 2017
- 18 April 2017
- 20 April 2017
- 21 April 2017
- 24 April 2017
- 27 April 2017
- 5 May 2017
- 12 May 2017
- 19 May 2017
- 22 May 2017
- 23 May 2017
- 30 June 2017
- 24 January 2018
- 25 January 2018
- 5 March 2018
- 22 March 2018 - Part 1
- 29 August 2017
- 20 May 2021
- 1 September 2022
- 29 December 2022