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Charlie Hoyland 2006-
Lived: 32 Ramsay Street
Parents: Stephanie and Max Hoyland
Siblings: Boyd and Summer
Family Tree: Hoyland and Scully

The son of Max and Stephanie Hoyland, Charlie was named after his great-grandfather, and caused his parents untold amounts of worry even before he came into the world. After many months of trying to conceive, as well as failing to adopt, Steph and Max were beginning to give up hope of ever having a child of their own, when she suddenly found out that she was pregnant. For the first half of the pregnancy, things went well, but as the birth got closer, Steph suddenly found herself in the middle of a nightmare as she was diagnosed with breast cancer, which she’d already beaten once back in 2003. Steph refused to have any treatment for it until her miracle baby, whom she had already named Charlie, was born. Her refusal caused a huge rift between Max and Steph, but she stuck to her guns and Charlie was safely delivered in March 2006, before his mum was rushed in for emergency surgery to remove the cancerous growth.

Charlie’s first year in the world was an eventful one, as he said goodbye to one of his parents – twice – and even found his life put at risk by the twisted Robert Robinson. Robert was determined to make his father, Paul, pay for what he saw as abandoning him as a child, and tried to get to him by systematically getting rid of everyone close to him. On the list of victims was Charlie’s flaky Aunty Izzy, Max’s sister, who was dating Paul and managed to convince Steph and Max to let her babysit their son for the day. Robert then snuck in and turned on the gas, with Izzy passing out before she realised, and only being saved when Steph’s mum, Lyn, called by. A few months later, with Robert’s evil doings exposed, Max thought the unhinged young man had escaped from prison and ran him down, instead fatally injuring Robert’s twin, Cameron. This led to the twins’ grieving sister Elle launching a revenge plan, sneaking around and making Max believe that he was losing his mind, even walking into the Hoyland house one day and snatching Charlie when Max was meant to be babysitting. Max eventually snapped and, having admitted himself to the psychiatric ward the week before, walked out on his family and left Erinsborough behind.

With Max gone, Steph grew closer to her old friend, Toadfish Rebecchi, but it wasn’t long before Max was back, having got himself back together and determined to make another go of his marriage. But the marriage was beyond saving, and Charlie lost his dad for a second time, as Max took a job on the rigs. With Max gone, Steph and Toadie slowly got back together and Charlie had himself a new father figure. As Toadie moved in, Steph took over the Scarlet Bar, which had previously been run by Max and Izzy, putting her own stamp on it by renovating and renaming it Charlie’s.

Magic Moments
Episode 4926: Charlie's Birth