King family

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King Family
Emmerdale character

Played by
Duration	2004-
Date of Birth
Date of Death
Marital Status
Occupation	Businessmen
Family	Tom, Jimmy, Matthew, Carl

The King family are a fictional family appearing on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.

1 About the Kings

[edit] About the Kings

The Kings first arrived in Emmerdale in 2004. As a family in general, they are ruthless money-seeking successful businessmen. They have a long-standing rivalry with the Tate family. Many of the King family members are popular characters on the show.

[edit] Hierarchy

Within the King family, the status of each of its members is important. The family is headed by Tom King. Tom is the patriarch of the Kings who demands respect from his sons and likes to make sure everyone knows he is in charge.

Following Tom is a battle of status between brothers Jimmy and Matthew. Jimmy is the oldest son and therefore should be second in command, but Matthew is determined to get that position. In fact, Jimmy's wife Sadie was really next in line because Tom respects her and gives her important things to do. This makes Jimmy jealous because Sadie isn't real family.

Quite low down on the status scale are Tom's other sons Carl and Max. Carl has worked for his dad originally in a low down menial position but in September 2005 got a better job in King & Sons. Max didn't even work for the business until September 2005, instead he was a Vet. Tom persuaded/tempted Max into joining the business by making Max know Tom would finally be proud of him. Max was killed in a car crash caused by Robert Sugden on the 2nd October 2005.

Other members of the King family are Tom's wife Mary who died in 1986 and therefore was never in the show.

[edit] Relationships between the Kings

Tom/Jimmy = Tom doesn't trust Jimmy and disowned him after finding out Jimmy had slept with Tom's fiancee. Not particularly close.
Tom/Matthew = Recently Matthew tried coldheartedly to wrest control of the business from Tom. Not particularly close.
Tom/Sadie = Used to trust Sadie, now despises her as much as Jimmy does since realising she didn't love the family and cared only for their money.
Tom/Max = Tom was often ashamed of Max but always cared for him really and when Max died Tom broke down at the site of his death. Not close but still loved each other.
Tom/Carl = Tom trusts Carl. Carl is far less ruthlessand business obsessed than Matthew and far easier to deal with as a parent than the more difficult Max and Jimmy.
Jimmy/Max = Quite good relationship. Jimmy offered to take the blame when Max ran over Tom. relatively close
Matthew/Jimmy = Matthew and Jimmy have always had a strong rivalry and Matthew uses Jimmy in his schemes to get control of King & Sons. Not close.
Matthew/Carl = At ease with each other more than most of the King sibling pairings. Relatively close.
Sadie/Jimmy = Married but now hate each other. Jimmy recently took comfort from her though when Max died. Were close/now hate each other.
Max/Carl = Better sibling relationship than most of the Kings. They understood and loved each other a lot. Were close (Max deceased).
Jimmy/Carl = Again, better relationship than most. Carl now works for Jimmy against Sadie and Matthew.