Malique Thompson-Dwyer: Hollyoaks was 'experience of a lifetime'

Malique Thompson-Dwyer says \'Hollyoaks\' has been "an experience of a lifetime".

The 21-year-old actor\'s alter-ego Prince McQueen left the village during Thursday\'s (08.08.19) first-look episode on E4 as the character plots his \'Prince World Tour\' and he had an emotional farewell with his family.

Taking to Instagram after his final episode aired, Malique - who spent three years on the Channel 4 soap - shared a video of his last scene and wrote: "Sorry guys but my time has come

"What a journey it\'s been and an experience of a lifetime! Man like Prince is gone! Following his dreams and so am I... onwards and upwards (sic)"

The soap star also paid tribute to Chelsee Healey - who played his on-screen mother Goldie McQueen - in another post.

He added: "Don\'t worry though @chelseehealey is still gonna stay slayin in the village... gonna miss you (sic)"

And in a clip shared on the official \'Hollyoaks\' account, Malique revealed he would miss working with Owen Warner (Romeo Quinn).

He said: "I just wanted to say I\'m going to miss loads of people, working with them everyday, especially people like Owen.

"There\'s so many memories that I\'m going to take with me as well, for all the stunts and everything.

"What I\'m going to miss the most is just the atmosphere coming to work. You don\'t see it as work being at \'Hollyoaks\', it\'s all fun."

Malique confirmed his exit in June as he looks to pursue other acting roles as well as his music interests, but he admitted at the time the door is open for a return.

He previously said: "The door is open. My character is still alive so you never know."