{"id":1844,"date":"2025-12-10T08:10:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T08:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/badvibes.live\/?p=1844"},"modified":"2025-12-10T08:10:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T08:10:39","slug":"barbara-windsors-widower-reveals-signs-from-beyond-the-grave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badvibes.live\/?p=1844","title":{"rendered":"Barbara Windsor\u2019s widower reveals \u2018signs\u2019 from beyond the grave"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scott Mitchell, the widow of British screen legend Dame\u00a0Barbara Windsor<\/a>, has revealed the signs in real life he has noticed from his late wife.<\/p>\n

The actor, who captured the nation\u2019s heart as Old Vic\u2019s\u00a0Peggy Mitchell<\/a>\u00a0as well as her roles in the Carry On films, died in 2020 aged 83 after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s, a form of dementia.<\/p>\n

In the last year of her life, she and her husband of 20 years advocated for better dementia care, making it all the way to\u00a0Downing Street<\/a>\u00a0with their campaign.<\/p>\n

Five years on from her death, Mitchell, who is now in a relationship with Windsor\u2019s\u00a0former EastEnders co-star Tanya Franks<\/a>, has spoken about how he still feels Windsor\u2019s presence in day-to-day life.<\/p>\n

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\u2018I was asked to do a talk a couple of months ago at a literary festival in\u00a0Gibraltar<\/a>\u00a0and I got lost in the hotel and found myself in the Windsor Room.<\/p>\n

\u2018And the other weekend, I stayed on a housebarge not long ago by the river -the boat was called Little Babs. One of the other boats in the marina was called Peggy!,\u2019 he recalled to\u00a0The Mirror<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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As a regular visitor to her resting place and plaque at Golders Green Crematorium, he explained he will have a \u2018nice little chat\u2019 with her.<\/p>\n

\u2018I don\u2019t believe people die and that\u2019s the end of it. I believe our loved ones are around us,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n

Mitchell has been candid about his grieving journey over recent years, adding that he still feels \u2018haunted by the terror in Windsor\u2019s eyes\u2019 when she stopped recognising herself and those around her.<\/p>\n

Hoping that the advocacy work Barbara started at the end of her life continues, he added: \u2018I know I can\u2019t save the world, nor can Barbara\u2019s name \u2013 but we can make a difference. And people desperately need to know help is on the way.\u2019<\/p>\n

He remains a fundraiser for Alzheimer\u2019s Research UK, and has even run a marathon with her EastEnders co-stars in support of the cause.<\/p>\n

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Over the summer, the widower spoke about starting his new relationship, and\u00a0defended his decision to start dating Franks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He initially told Best Magazine: \u2018Before she died, Barbara told me to cry, be broken-hearted, then have the best time. Knowing Barbara, she would have remarried a nice 25-year-old by now!\u2019<\/p>\n

Reiterating this stance on the\u00a0podcast<\/a>\u00a0White\u00a0Wine<\/a>\u00a0Question Time, he shared: \u2018\u00a0\u2018There was a bit of, \u201cOh he\u2019s moved on too fast\u201d. And you just think, \u201chow dare you?\u201d People don\u2019t know the pain. They don\u2019t know what the grief has been.<\/p>\n

\u2018I don\u2019t think anyone ever gets over a loss of someone they love so deeply. I think we find ways of carrying them with us, and that\u2019s what I try to do every day.\u2019<\/p>\n

In his latest reflections to The Mirror, he shared that Franks \u2018allows me to talk about Barbara any time I need to. In the same way she can with me.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Scott Mitchell, the widow of British screen legend Dame\u00a0Barbara Windsor, has revealed the signs in real life he has noticed from his late wife. The actor, who captured the nation\u2019s heart as Old Vic\u2019s\u00a0Peggy Mitchell\u00a0as well as her roles in the Carry On films, died in 2020 aged 83 after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t