Windsor: 'I'm too old for kissing scenes'

EastEnders star Barbara Windsor has admitted that she prefers her character to be single - because she is too old for on-screen kissing.

The 70-year-old, who plays Peggy Mitchell in the soap, told The Sun: “As you get on a bit, you become very nervous about things such as kissing scenes. I’m not sure viewers want to see older people doing all that.”

She added: “I like Peggy single. Pat bagged the lovely Christopher Ellison recently (who played Len Harker), so I won’t be able to get in there.”

Windsor also indicated that Peggy may be calling time on her stint as landlady of the Queen Vic, saying: “The way things are going at the Vic, they might put Roxy and Ronnie behind the bar and let Peggy sit on the other side, all glammed up.”