Ross Kemp paid an emotional tribute to Barbara Windsor as her friends bid farewell to the EastEnders legend at her funeral. The star, who played Babs’ character Peggy’s son Grant Mitchell on EastEnders, spoke movingly in a eulogy of how the nation fell in love with her.
A source said: “Ross’ speech was so incredibly moving and uplifting in equal measure....it was very much from the heart and he got teary at times. “He told a wonderful story about how producers on EastEnders wanted Grant to slap Peggy in a big fight scene but he told producers he couldn’t do it. “Instead he pretended to do but Babs took her art so seriously she performed this huge acrobatic act and flew back over the table onto the floor. “He said it was so convincing he got
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