Barbara Windsor, pictured here in Carry on Doctor in 1968, will become a Dame in the New Year Honours list

Arise, Dame Babs! Eastenders and Carry On star Barbara Windsor heads New Year honours list 

  • Barbara Windsor, 78, will become a Dame in the New Years Honours list
  • She will be joining such luminaries such as Judi Dench and Helen Mirren
  • The Shoreditch-born actress is being rewarded for her lifetime's work 
  • In 2001 Ms Windsor famously showed The Queen around the Queen Vic 
By PETER JONATHAN for PROUDSTARS.



She was the bubbly, buxom blonde in the Carry On films and later became the battleaxe who ruled over London’s best-known pub in television soap EastEnders.
Now, at the age of 78, Barbara Windsor’s status as a national treasure is to be confirmed – when she is made a Dame.
The Mail on Sunday understands that the actress is to be awarded the honour in the New Year’s list, joining an exclusive club that includes among its members Judi Dench and Helen Mirren.
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Barbara Windsor, pictured here in Carry on Doctor in 1968, will become a Dame in the New Year Honours list