Barbara Windsor: Last News

Andre Portasio, it was confirmed the presenter and comedian died "unexpectedly but peacefully" at the age of 67 on Tuesday. Andre said: "It is with great sadness that I inform you that Paul has passed away unexpectedly but peacefully yesterday evening. We ask, at this difficult time, that whilst you celebrate his life you also respect our privacy as we come to terms with this loss.

Devastated staff at a Scots bar which Paul O'Grady regularly dropped into have paid tribute to the "iconic legend" following his death on Tuesday.

EastEnders' Lacey Turner has admitted she is "petrified" of her first London Marathon on 23rd April.The Stacey Slater star, 34, is reuniting with Jake Wood and Adam Woodyatt, as well as joining co-stars Tanya Franks, Natalie Cassidy and Heather Peace, to run for Alzheimer’s Research UK in honour of Dame Barbara Windsor. Dame Barbara Windsor tragically passed away in 2020 aged 83 after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2014, the late Peggy Mitchell actress and her husband Scott Mitchell went public with her diagnosis in 2018 in a bid to help other people or families battling the disease.

Regardless of all of the twists and turns that EastEnders has to give, one thing will always remain constant - the Queen Vic. As a popular location on Albert Square, the Queen Vic has been the backdrop to its fair share of drama throughout the years, whether that be in the form of fights or relationship break-ups. As a result, it takes some pretty iconic characters to call themselves the landlord or landlady of the Queen Vic.

Barbara Windsor.READ MORE: Inside Barbara Windsor's will - staggering £4.6m estate and EastEnders star who got £1kBut a new docu-series, Carry On – Secrets and Scandals, is set to air on Channel 5 and will lift the lid on the darker side of the bawdy comedy films.According to The Mirror, the new documentary will feature an unseen 1998 interview with the late Barbara who claimed the cast never saw a penny from the repeats of the films.Barbara, who sadly passed away in 2020 aged 83, was interviewed for a 40th anniversary.However, the interview from 1998 was never shown - until now. According to the publication, the EastEnders star said: “It’s immoral what they did.

ROSS KEMP is making a return to acting but his new role won’t go down well with the Mitchell brothers – as he is set to play a copper. The former EastEnders favourite will star as Police Detective Tony Warden in new Channel 5 drama Blindspot.

Lorraine Kelly has so much to look forward to, and is rounding off 2022 perfectly! Read her exclusive column with HELLO! to find out why…I'm so delighted to be back with series four of our WHAT IF podcast that I do with my daughter Rosie. We ask people about turning points in their lives and have really fascinating, in-depth conversations that are funny, moving and hugely entertaining.WATCH: Lorraine Kelly shares exciting details about her podcast What If So far we have talked to some incredibly interesting people like astronaut Tim Peake, Gok Wan, Eddie Izzard, singer Beverley Knight, explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Craig David, actor Luke Evans and so many more.This series has been emotional, uplifting and we've been so lucky to have such open and honest chats.

READ NEXT: EastEnders Dot Cotton star June Brown's family life - tragic losses to six childrenScott was talking to David Walliams about his book By Your Side: My Life Loving Barbara Windsor. The EastEnders star died in 2020 aged 83 after battling Alzheimer’s.

FLEUR East has revealed how her stint on Strictly has spiced up her marriage — as her hubby loves watching her “shaking her thing” in sexy outfits. X Factor star Fleur, 34, who is dancing with Vito ­Coppola on the BBC show, married Marcel Badiane-Robin in a secret ceremony in Morocco in 2019. And she told how the fashion designer has been enjoying every minute of her Strictly routines, both on the dance floor and when they’re at home.

A BBC star’s secret lovechild has told her mum she does not want to meet him. She knows who her dad is and that he scrawled his famous catchphrase across her mum’s GG boobs. Last week The Sun revealed how the TV star, who we are not naming, enjoyed a six-month fling with her former stripper mum before dumping her by text after she fell pregnant.

N DUBZ star Fazer will have double trouble next year, with the arrival of twins and I can reveal he is expecting ...a girl and a boy. The rapper and his long-term girlfriend Ashley Havelin let me into their exclusive gender reveal party at their lavish London home, with their nine-year-old daughter Ava Rose. The family were armed with confetti cannons and balloons revealing their gender surprises.

Alzheimer's Disease, with her husband Scott Mitchell, 59, by her side.The widower has now shared personal insight into their relationship in his memoir as he insists although they didn't have an open relationship he was allowed to "enjoy himself".In extracts from his new book, By Your Side: My Life Loving Barbara Windsor, Scott made bombshell revelations about the couple's marriage.Shared with The Sun, Scott admitted his relationship was not a "closed book", with the national treasure not wanting her husband to "stop living his life to the full".Scott wrote: "Ours was not an open relationship, but it wasn’t a closed book either."She had always said sex was sex and love was love, and she wasn't one for double standards, so she kept her reservations to herself and never asked me directly."He added that Barbara "didn't want to stop him living his life to the full, as she had" however their arrangement "did start to get a bit mixed up".When the EastEnders legend had to stop drinking she did not want her husband to miss out, so Scott claimed when she was dropped home she would ask him to go back out and "enjoy himself".He added: "It wasn't to hook up with women, though we both had a similar attitude towards sex, but to score some coke."Barbara herself previously discussed her husband's cocaine addiction in her own memoir All Of Me: My Extraordinary Life, where she blamed herself for the severity of his addiction.She wrote: "I think I could have stopped Scott's spiral of self-destruction had it not been for another craving that transformed him from the wonderful guy I loved into a sad, pathetic creature I hardly recognised."I would look at him and think: I've done nothing wrong and yet I've managed to ruin this man's

EastEnders fans couldn't help getting emotional as they watched the legendary Peggy Mitchell return to Albert Square. The BBC soap took soap fans on a trip down memory lane on Monday night (September 5) as it transported them back to 1979 to learn more about Phil Mitchell's chequered past.The special flashback episode saw actress Jamie Winstone act as Peggy, who used to be played by the late Dame Barbara Windsor who passed away in 2020.READ MORE:EastEnders' Phil downfall unveiled as DCI Keeble seeks revenge for murdered dadJamie previously played Dame Barbara in the TV biopic Babs, so it wasn't the first time she had transformed into Barbara on screen.Some viewers couldn't help but miss Peggy being on their screens, and many praised Jamie for her portrayal of the iconic Peggy.One fan wrote: "Wow I miss Peggy" A second said: "it was nice seeing grant, peggy, ronnie, roxie, grant on our screen! really miss them.

EastEnders fans will travel back in time to seventies Albert Square tonight (September 5) as the soap airs its highly anticipated flashback episode.Mixed with present day, the episode looks set to reveal why DCI Keeble has a vendetta against the Mitchell family – with a few shock revelations along the way.Featuring a young Phil and Grant, alongside Ronnie and Roxy, the all-star cast sees actress Jaime Winstone take on the role of Mitchell family matriarch Peggy.READ NEXT: Inside EastEnders' new £87million Albert Square set that took BBC five years to buildHowever, it is not Jaime's first link with Barbara Windsor's famous character.Here, Daily Star takes a closer look inside the life of Jaime Winstone – from her link with the late soap icon, to her famous father and romances.Fans might recognise Jaime's father as none other than TV and Hollywood legend himself, Ray Winstone.The actor is famous for appearing in films including Sexy Beast, The Departed, Indiana Jones, Snow White And The Huntsman, The Legend Of Barney Thomson and The Sweeney – among many others.He met wife Elaine McCausland while filming That Summer in 1979, with the couple going on to welcome three daughters including Jaime.Jaime even starred in TV series Vincent alongside dad Ray in 2006.Speaking to The Standard about working with her dad, Jaime said: "He is a professional so helped me through, but we also had a laugh."Ray added: "Usually, I turn up on set and I just worry about what I am going to do. But with your own children, you worry more about them and want them to be the best.

Five years after playing the late Dame Barbara Windsor in BBC biopic Babs, Jaime Winstone has stepped into her shoes once again.The 37-year-old actress appears as a younger version of the icon’s most famous character, Peggy Mitchell, in a flashback episode of EastEnders and says, “It’s a real honour.” While her role in Babs covered Barbara’s childhood, early romances and rise to fame in the Carry On films in detail, Jaime felt like her “journey with Barbara” hadn’t really finished and revealed she even felt she had received a sign from the late soap favourite to accept her latest portrayal. “When I got offered the part, I thought, ‘God, is this something I should do? Am I risking getting typecast?’" says Jaime. "So I did actually have a little word with Barbara up above and I got my sign and I felt like it was written for me.

Barbara Windsor was with her as she played a younger version of Peggy Mitchell. The 37-year-old appears as the Queen Vic landlady tomorrow night in a flashback episode of EastEnders. Jaime said: “There were moments when we were shooting this when I felt her presence and I felt guided by her.” READ MORE: EastEnders first-look as huge Mitchell secret 'exposed' in special episode with new castShe added: “I hope I’ve done her justice – I feel like I have.

EastEnders. EastEnders sent shockwaves through fans earlier this year as it announced that Peggy Mitchell would make a comeback in a special flashback episode.The actress admitted she was initially worried that doing so would cause her to be strongly identified with a specific character.However, she changed her mind thanks to a “sign” from the late legendary Barbara Windsor, who had portrayed Peggy Mitchell since 1994.Jaime said: “When I was offered the part, I had such a deep connection with her, I thought, ‘Is this something I should do, or do I risk getting typecast? Or would she want someone else to do it?’”The actress added: “So I had a little word with Barbara [who died in 2020] and asked her for a sign.”She went on: “A little blonde butterfly kept coming into my garden.“We don’t get too many because my dog goes for them.“But you know when you know,” Jaime concluded to Radio Times.Following the announcement of Peggy’s return to the screen, Jaime admitted taking on the role was “scary”.Speaking to Rylan Clark and Ruth Langsford on This Morning on Thursday, Jaime opened up about her fears upon being offered the part."What was going through your mind?" Rylan asked."Was it like an absolute yes because you'd done the Babs stuff or was it like you said earlier, a different thing and it's not Barbara?""It's scary!" Jaime replied.

Danniella Westbrook has been left "devastated" after parting ways from her jailed fiancée David.Although now heartbroken, the EastEnders actress, 48, is hoping to focus on herself and her career once again.While the pair had been romantically linked for six years, David, 29, never appeared in any of Danniella's pictures without being obscured from view.READ MORE: Danniella Westbrook wows in plunging skintight silver dress for sizzling snapHe has since been holed-up behind bars for counterfeit goods and getting into a "fight with someone", claimed the soap star.A representative for Danniella confirmed their relationship breakdown to The Mirror.They said: "We can confirm that Danniella has indeed split up with her partner."The decision hasn't come lightly and it is a decision that she feels is best for her and her career at this moment in time."Meanwhile a source provided further information on the situation when speaking to The Sun.The insider explained: "Danniella is devastated as she's really close with David’s family and they have been in an on and off relationship since meeting in Marbella in 2016."She feels as though she has done the right for both of them although she is heartbroken."Danniella is going to take time to focus on herself, her surgery and her career."Daily Star has contacted Danniella's spokesperson for further comment.Back in May, the star, who is better known for her role as Sam Mitchell on Albert Square, seemed smitten with her younger beau, telling Daily Star that David, who is 19 years her junior, "kept her young".The former BBC One star compared herself to her former on-screen mum Peggy Mitchell – the late Barbara Windsor – who also had a significantly younger husband in real life.She told us:

EastEnders star Anna Karen has left most of her £400K estate to a co-star after her tragic passing earlier this year, it has been reported.It has thought that the On The Buses and EastEnders star, who tragically died aged 85, has left a huge chunk of cash to Sophie Lawrence - with the money being the majority of her estate.The iconic and sassy actress who played the role of Olive in On The Buses and Aunt Sal in EastEnders, left an estate of £427,197 when she passed away in February, probate records reveal.READ NEXT: On The Buses and EastEnders actress Anna Karen killed in horror blazeSophie, 50, who played the role of Diane Butcher in EastEnders from 1988 until 1991, has reportedly been left a whopping 65% of Anna's net estate.

ON the Buses star Anna Karen left the bulk of her £427,000 fortune to EastEnders star Sophie Lawrence, documents reveal. The actress, who was most famous for playing Olive Rudge in the 70s sitcom, died in a house fire in February aged 85. Anna left 65 percent of her estate to longtime friend Sophie once funeral and legal costs were taken care of, as well as inheritance tax and a £1,500 payment to another friend, the Mail reports.