Mr Mitchell arrived at the crematorium in the first funeral car, ahead of a car containing his mother Rita Mitchell, who introduced the couple, and his sister Marsha and brother-in-law Laurence, who make up his Covid bubble.

The coffin was brought into the ceremony to Frank Sinatra’s On The Sunny Side Of The Street and mourners sang hymns Jerusalem and The Lord Is My Shepherd.He added: “I would again like to thank my family, friends, the media and the public for their incredible support and well wishes since Barbara’s passing. After more than six decades in the public eye as a beloved star of stage and screen (big and small) there is still one scene that everyone remembers. They got the fishing rod and put it there and he (the prop man) had to pull it. Of course, it didn’t come off. I went right down into the mud.” I am aware that I look good for my age. It’s my genes. My dad looked incredibly young, so did my mother. And a younger husband helps. Scott is only 45. if he hadn’t come along, I don’t know what I’d have done.”

The actress recalled he shouted at her: “You’ve gone and shown your right t*t. The censor won’t pass that. We’ll have to do it again.” Can I have a kiss?” The soap star popped the question to Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, when they met up last year to discuss dementia care. We were at dinner while working on the show Carry on London, when Sid James whispered:, '[Do you know something, Barbara, they’re not as big as they look on screen - your bosoms'. 'It’s called acting, darling,' I replied.” After nearly seven decades in TV and film, she certainly had a lot to say about her journey, her jobs and the people she loved.

Acting is something I love. I have done it since I was 13 but it had completely taken over my life.” I have had the most wonderful time on EastEnders and I will miss you all. The show has changed my life and I want you all to continue the good work, because I’ll be at home watching you.” - As she left EastEnders in 2016. The couple have been widely praised for their work raising awareness for Alzheimer’s disease after the actress went public with her diagnosis in 2018. The actress, known for her work in the Carry On films and EastEnders, died in December at the age of 83. After I’d discovered the joys of sex, I became a right little goer. There were men round me like bees round a honeypot, and I took advantage of that and went bananas. And because I was still so naïve, I never bothered with any contraception.”

I found myself in the doldrums in the early Nineties. I was too old to play the dolly bird any longer and I looked too young to play a woman of my real age. No one ever saw me as the aunt, mother or grandmother.” My heart goes out to every family who have experienced the same restrictions at their loved ones funerals.” Scott Mitchell and Dame Barbara Windsor have both been praised for their work raising awareness of dementia (PA)Dame Barbara’s recording of Sparrows Can’t Sing from her 1963 film of the same name was played as the recessional music. Windsor added: “So I did it three times and the third one was perfect. When they took it to the censor, John Trevellyan, he said, ‘Well, I don’t think Miss Windsor’s right boob is going to corrupt the nation, I’ll pass it.’ From flirty quips to famous catchphrases, Barbara Windsor was never short of a few words to make the world smile. There were thousands of people lining the Mile End Road, cheering and waving flags. Evidently Ronnie and Reggie (Kray) had turned them all out of their houses, saying: ‘Let’s welcome out little lady. Let’s show royalty how we are.’” - On the 1963 premiere of the film Sparrows Can’t Sing which earned her a Bafta nomination.