Heart Break For Babs And Her Loved Ones

Alzheimer’s is a cruel disease that profoundly affects sufferers’ nearest and dearest too

- Sam Carlisle

Remember that beautifully acted final scene when EastEnders legend Peggy Mitchell said farewell to Pat Butcher before swallowing a fatal number of pills?

That classic soap moment from 2016 seems even more extraordinary now we know Dame Barbara Windsor filmed it fully aware she was in the grip of Alzheimer’s disease.