TRIBUTES FROM THE STARS

SIR ELTON JOHN: The world has lost the biggest ray of light. And Heaven has the sweetest and funniest angel. #RIP

DAVID WALLIAMS: Goodbye Dame Babs. You were my first love as a child in the Carry On films and I will love you for ever. Working with you, spending time with you and being your friend was one of the greatest thrills of my life. The unofficial Queen of England, an icon treasured by the nation. PAUL O’GRADY: I’m absolutely gutted to hear that my friend of 30 years, Dame Barbara Windsor, has passed away. She was an incredible lady and if you looked up the definition of ‘professional’ in the dictionary it would say Barbara Windsor. My love and sympathy to her husband Scott. Rest in peace, Bar, it was a privilege to have known you. BORIS JOHNSON: So sad about Barbara Windsor, so much more than a great pub landlady and Carry On star. She campaigned for the lonely and the vulnerable — and cheered the world up with her own British brand of harmless sauciness and innocent scandal. Thoughts with Scott and all her family and friends.

DAME JOAN COLLINS: Showbusiness has lost a legend. Barbara Windsor: You will be missed. PATSY PALMER: I’m extremely sad to hear that my friend Dame Barbara Windsor has passed away. I’m thinking of the hundreds of memories we shared. Too many to comprehend. We were like family for a long time, but you will never meet a more professional actress than Babs. Scott, you were the best husband she could’ve wished for. You deserve the highest accolade.

CHRISTOPHER BIGGINS: She was exceptional. She would never go out of the house without looking A1. She wouldn’t put a Mac on to buy something around the corner. She would do the full make-up. The seams on her stockings had to be perfect and the hair wonderful. She was a joy to be with, her enthusiasm for life. Everybody loved her.