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Barbara Windsor's gangster boyfriends and bizarre relationship with murderous Kray twins
Dame Barbara Windsor was one of British TV's most famous actresses, but her fascinating connection to the notorious gangsters the Kray twins has left some fans open-mouthed.The EastEnders actress was known as Peggy Mitchell - best known for her "get out of my pub" catchphrase - on the long-running soap, as well as starring in a number of Carry On films.As she shot to fame during the 1960s, so did two notorious East End gangsters bonded by blood.More about Barbara and the twins was revealed in a new documentary on ITV, Secrets Of The Krays, which first aired on January 25.The three-part documentary is airing on Tuesdays at 9pm.So how did Dame Barbara come to know two of Britain's most infamous gangsters?Barbara was one of the East End's most famous exports and was born in Shoreditch.Her first husband was gangster Ronnie Knight, who left his first wife.It wasn't the first time Barbara had crossed paths with a gangster.In her very telling book All Of Me: My Extraordinary Life, released in 2001, she told of a romp with twin Reggie and also a long-term romance with Charles Kray, the twins' troublesome older brother.Barbara described meeting them backstage around 1960: "Three guys came in and it was Ronnie, Reggie and Charlie, reminding me very much – Ron [Knight] was the same – of my father, always that sharp double-breasted suit, white shirt and nice blue tie. Very charming."Other relationships included flings with George Best, Anthony Newley and Bing Crosby’s son, Gary.Never afraid of going into excruciating detail, Barbara said: "I’d discovered the joys of sex and I’d become a right little goer, putting it about freely."When Barbara's husband was arrested, she was worried the scandal would affect her career.
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