Dame Barbara Windsor has Alzheimer’s disease

Dame Barbara Windsor, the actress, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, her husband has revealed.

The Eastenders and Carry On star had been living with the degenerative disease for four years, which had steadily got worse, her husband, Scott Mitchell, told The Sun.

“I want the public to know because they are naturally very drawn to Barbara and she loves talking to them,” he said. “Since her 80th birthday last August, a definite continual confusion has set in, so it’s becoming a lot more difficult for us to hide.”

He said he first started noticing signs of the condition in 2009.