at EastEnders surpassed only by Adam Woodyatt and June Brown. In 2012, St Clement won a Lifetime Achievement Award at the British Soap Awards, previously having been won by her co-stars Wendy Richard, June Brown and Barbara Windsor. In July 2011, it was announced that St Clement would be leaving EastEnders after 25 years. Of her departure St Clement said "I have enjoyed 25 and a half wonderful years in EastEnders creating the character of Pat but feel it's time to hang up her earrings. Leaving the EastEnders 'family' will be akin to a bereavement. But I'm looking forward to the other work and life opportunities that I will have the time to pursue." She filmed her final scenes in November 2011, and the character departed on 1 January 2012. She has since been associated with EastEnders and on 14 November 2014, St Clement reprised the role of Pat for a short stint for Children in Need after Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) knocks his head and sees the deceased women in his life. In February 2015, St Clement, alongside Windsor, took part in EastEnders: Back to Ours, which celebrated 30 years of the soap opera. St Clement and Windsor looked back on some of their characters' most infamous moments. On 17 May 2016, she reappeared as Pat, again playing opposite Windsor, for a few minutes as an imagined figure in conversation with the terminally ill Peggy Mitchell. St Clement also appeared at the EastEnders Meet and Greet event in June 2016. Other work In 2006, St Clement appeared as Aunt Sponge in The Queen's Handbag at the Children's Party at the Palace – an all-star event to celebrate the Queen's 80th birthday. She has also made personal appearances on various television programmes including Grumpy Old Women (2005–06) and the wildlife programme, Countryfile (2000). She was also the subject of an episode of This Is Your Life in 1995. On 6 March 2012, it was announced that St Clement had joined This Morning as the show's resident animal expert. She made her first appearance on 13 March and her last on 20 December 2012. In August 2016, it was announced that St Clement would guest appear in the feature-length special episode of Casualty, "Too Old for This Shift", which would air on 27 August 2016. St Clement would appear as "grumpy patient" Sally Hodge that "makes life hell" for charge nurse