Diwata Margharita 'Dee' Pollard (née de la Cruz) was the third wife of Eric Pollard. Eric Pollard flew to the Far East looking for love and found it with Filipino student Dee de la Cruz in a Manila restaurant. His initial interest was sex, but two weeks later he proposed and the couple made plans for Dee to follow Eric back to Britain. When she arrived in 1997, dressed in a miniskirt, skimpy coat, and high-heels, the locals in Emmerdale were curious. They were shocked when she announced that she was Eric's fiancee, but the unlikely relationship continued and Dee became Mrs Pollard in a May registry-office wedding.