Barbara Windsor’s widow Scott Mitchell shares the moving words the actress told him

Dame Barbara Windsor‘s widow Scott Mitchell has shared the moving words his late wife told him shortly before her death two years ago.

The actor, 60, reflected on his grief in an interview with Best magazine and said it is now time for him to think about his future as Barbara would have wanted him to.

EastEnders star Barbara, who was well-recognised for playing Peggy Mitchell, died in December 2020 at the age of 83 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.

Candidly discussing his two-year grief battle, Scott admitted that it is ‘getting better’ and shared the sweet words Barbara shared with him before she died.

He told Best: ‘Before 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!’

Grief: Dame Barbara Windsor’s widow Scott Mitchell has shared the moving words his late wife told him shortly before her death two years ago

Loss: EastEnders star Barbara (pictured in 2011), who was well-recognised for playing Peggy Mitchell, died in December 2020 at the age of 83 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s

Scott went on to say that although Barbara will always be important to him, it is time to think about his future and said he is open to whatever comes next in life. 

He said: ‘Now it’s time to think about me and my future. Barbara will always be a massive part of my life, but she would want me to move on.’

Scott is running the London Marathon in April in memory of Barbara and to raise money for Alzheimer’s Research UK and he said some EastEnders stars will even be joining him.

He revealed that Jake Wood, Natalie Cassidy, Heather Pearce, John McIntyre and Lacey Turner are among the cast members who will be taking on the challenge with him.

His latest comments come after Scott recently claimed people cruelly accused him of only using the Carry On legend, who was 26-years his senior, for her money.

Appearing on Good Morning Britain in December, Scott said that Barbara was actually £1million in debt when the couple first met.

Scott, who began his relationship with the soap star when she was 63 and he was 27, said: ‘She had a million pound debt when we met. I must have been the worst gold digger in the world. Really got it wrong there didn’t I?’.

‘They all thought who’s this guy who’s this unknown actor. They thought it was me who ended the marriage [her second]. They called me a gold digger.’

Life: Scott went on to say that although Barbara (pictured in 2019) will always be important to him, it is time to think about his future and said he is open to whatever comes next in life

Following Barbara’s death, Scott was left £4.6million in her will, with the star also donating to several charities. 

The iconic actress was married three times in her life, first to Ronnie Knight in 1964 then to Stephen Hollings for nine years before divorcing in 1995. 

Scott went on to reflect on Barbara’s death saying: ‘It’s incredible. It’s two years tomorrow. I still think she’s gonna walk through the door.

‘It’s something deep inside me. I wake up some mornings thinking is she still okay’.

Grief: The actor, 60, reflected on his grief in an interview with Best magazine

‘After 27 years I’m still in the early stages of grief and processing. I still think of the good times. That’s a really good thing for me to go back.

‘I lost my best friend. My other half. That’s what I lost. That’s why I still feel that sense now that she still is there with me. Sometimes feeling the loneliness that she’s not there any more’.

Scott went on to speak about his book entitled By Your Side: My Life Loving Barbara Windsor about his twenty-year marriage.

‘She [Barbara] predicted it [the book]. She said one day when I’m gone they’re gonna ask you to write a book. She said you must do it and you must be totally honest.

‘I learned a lot from Barbara about live and love.’

Last year, it emerged that she left £4.6million in her will but also donated £1,000 each to seven different charities, according to The Sun.

Barbara also left 85-year-old Anna Karen – who played Peggy Mitchell’s sister Aunt Sal in EastEnders – £1000.

The paper adds that £5,000 was left to Barbara’s sister-in-law Marsha Alexander and her husband Laurence. £2,000 went to her cousins Leslie Larsen and Julie Elliot.

The NSPCC, Breast Cancer Care, Help The Aged, Grand Order Of Lady Ratlings, National Osteoporisis Society, Headley Court (a wounded soldiers rehab centre) and Age UK made up the seven charities that Barbara left £1000 each to.

Marriage: His comments come after Scott (pictured in 2019) claimed people cruelly accused him of only using the Carry On legend, who was 26-years his senior, for her money 

Scott, 58, was left the rest of Barbara’s £4.63million estate.

Barbara was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2014 and kept her fight with the illness private for four years.

Barbara’s final TV role was starring in her own biopic, which chronicled her humble beginnings in Shoreditch up to 1993, with Jaime Winstone and Samantha Spiro playing the star at different points in her life. 

Read the full Scott Mitchell interview in the new issue of best magazine, on sale now.

Barbara Windsor’s widow Scott Mitchell shares the moving words the actress told him
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