Dame Barbara Windsor's close friend Christopher Biggins has shared plans for her funeral.
The EastEnders and Carry On legend's death last week shocked the nation last week, prompting tributes ranging from fans to her Albert Square co-stars to the Prime Minister and even the Prince of Wales.
Christopher, who was pals with Babs for a staggering four decades, told today that he "honoured" to be on of her funeral's 30 guests.
Current Covid rules limit numbers to 30.
And Christopher knows that Barbara would be chuffed to hear what people have had to say about her since her death.
Appearing on Steph's Packed Lunch, he remarked to host Steph McGovern: "Steph, what I have to say to you is – I wish that when we die, all of us – we had 24 hours looking down to hear what people say about us.
"Because Barbara would have been thrilled. I have never seen an outcry of horror from everybody that she died.
"She was the most extraordinary woman and she was a friend of mine for 40 years and she was so special. We went on holiday together and we did shows around the country.
"We've been everywhere. She was extraordinary."
Chatting about Barbara's husband Scott Mitchell, Christopher added: "Her husband Scott is an angel, he's a saint…he has been fantastic and it has been awful for him because with her condition, I didn't realise with Alzheimer's, you forget to eat and you forget to drink so that is how many people die with the condition.
"But he's [Scott] always been there. Everybody poo-pooed that marriage because they said there was a huge amount of difference between their ages."
And asked if he'd been in touch with Scott, Christopher added: "I have, I'm very honoured because you can only have 30 people at the funeral, and I am one of the speakers.
"Anna Karen is speaking about her early life, I'm speaking about the middle part of her life and Ross [Kemp] from EastEnders is talking about that part of her life. It will be very, very sad.
"I wish there was a way that we could record it so people can watch it online. It's going to be a terrible day, it's in January but we're all there for him and for her. She was very special."
*Steph’s Packed Lunch airs weekdays at 12.30pm on Channel 4.
