Pat Barker

Patricia 'Pat' Barker is the ex-wife of Jack, the mother of Sonia and the grandmother of Annabel Barker.

Character Role
Pat was the childhood sweetheart of Jack Barker. They married and had a daughter, Sonia, and lived a happy life. However, it all turned sour when, after Jack's win as Prime Minister, he started to take things a little bit to seriously and ignored his family. Pat, agitated by this, divorced him and got a stronger partner. Jack then remarried Caroline, a blonde model, and the two women got on scarily well together, even sitting next to each other at Sonia's wedding and chatting. When Jack ruined Sonia's wedding, Pat cried for hours. She missed the old family man she used to know. After the wedding, Pat broke all contact with Jack - but left him her address in case of emergencies - and left to lived alone after breaking up with her partner.

At the end of Queen Camilla, Jack jumps into his car and drives around to Pat's house.