‘You defy the laws of time’ say EastEnders fans after Diane Parish shares throwback snap with co-star from another show

DIANE Parish has left fans swooning as she shared a throwback snap with her EastEnders co-star.

The soap icon - who plays Denise Fox - has been a staple of the BBC show since joining in 2006.

But away from Albert Square, Diane posed with Scott Maslen - the actor behind copper Jack Branning - to recreate a snap from their days working on drama series The Bill.

The original picture, taken in 2004, showed Diane, 54, and Scott, 53, laughing and smiling in a car.

Posting on Instagram, Diane and soap hunk Scott recreated the snap exactly 20 years later.

Fans were left in awe as they swooned over mum-of-two Diane's ageless looks.

One said: "Diane defies the laws of time!"

A second wrote: "Ha I still think of Jack and Denise as Phil and Eva from the Bill. So this is a nice nod to that."

"I love how Diane looks younger now compared to the first pic," said a third.

While a fourth commented: ";Diane looks younger. Scott looks thinner."

Over the years Denise has been involved in a number of storylines including being kidnapped by her pastor ex Lucas Johnson, as well as losing her job and descending into poverty.

At Christmas, EastEnders fans watched Diane's character and five other co-stars caught up in a huge plot involving the death of Keanu Taylor.

It later resulted in Denise's mental breakdown and subsequent split from her cheating partner Jack Branning.