By Your Side: My Life Loving Barbara Windsor: My Life Loving Barbara Windsor Mitchell Scott

'I'm so glad you had the life you did, Barbara. You haven't wasted a minute of it...'In December 2020, while the world was gripped with news of an imminent third lockdown, Scott Mitchell was visiting the care home where his partner and wife of 27 years - Dame Barbara Windsor - was being looked after. I'm sorry you can't remember, but my God, what a life!

From the unlikely moment they met to the challenges they faced, and the highs and lows of a life shared in the limelight. At the age of 83, after a career spanning seven decades and a seven-year battle with the debilitating effects of dementia, she was slipping away.Barbara's illness meant she could no longer remember her magical career, and so Scott sat by her bedside in her final days, telling her tales from their extraordinary life together. For theirs was an incredibly passionate relationship, but also a