Originally Posted by nickymonger:
“How has soc proved he is good on tying up loose ends. Hes the opposite...claudette, fatboy etc! Charlie was a short lived marriage and ronnie not bothered about him. Why woukd they show the divorce? She divorced him offscreen and enough time has passed for divorce. And charlie was axed si unlikely returning!

Plenty of axed characters have returned. Charlie's character is still alive and EE is no longer under DTC. SOC has all the power to bring him back for the aftermath plot. He isn't bound by what his predecessor did.