EastEnders hunk Danny Walters secretly welcomes first child with his partner a year after quitting soap as Keanu Taylor

EASTENDERS hunk Danny Walters has secretly welcomed his first child with his long term partner Maddi.

The soap actor revealed the news that he and his partner welcomed a baby girl named Autumn in a post shared to his Instagram on Wednesday night.

danny_waltersDanny Walters has secretly welcomed his first child with his long term partner Maddi[/caption] The couple welcomed a baby girl into the world and named her Autumn BBCDanny played Keanu Taylor in EastEnders – but he met a grisly end at Christmas[/caption]

Sharing a black and white snap of the newborn holding on to his hand, Danny wrote: “One month with you, Autumn. Born March ‘25.”

Danny’s followers including his former co-stars were quick to congratulate him on the surprise baby news.

Actress Dianne Parish, who plays Denise Fox, said: “Ah wow! Congrats to you all Danny.”

Honey Mitchell actress Emma Barton penned: “Congrats darling…” alongside three red hearts.

And Clair Norris, who played his on-screen sister in the soap, shared a string of pink hearts.

Danny is best known for playing Keanu Taylor on the BBC soap and the news comes more than a year after he quit the role.

Viewers watched as his character Keanu was revealed as the mystery victim of the Christmas Day death in The Six storyline.

It saw Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) fatally stab Keanu as she attempted to stop him from killing her best friend Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean).

BBCKeanu was stabbed to death by Linda Carter as she fought to save Sharon from him[/caption] BBCSharon Watts was arrested for the murder of Keanu Taylor[/caption]