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Barbara Windsor's funeral order of service included star's iconic Carry On photo

Dame Barbara Windsor was laid to rest on Friday.

A collection of 30 of her closest family members and celeb pals gathered at Golders Greene Crematorium in London to say their final farewell to the TV legend.

And the order of service, that was handed out to the mourners, gave a nod to one of the actress' most iconic moments on screen as it featured a snap of her bra popping off from an infamous scene in film Carry On Camping.

Fans will recall that Barbara played Babs, a young girl on holiday at a campsite with her schoolmates from the strict Chayste Place finishing school, in Carry On Camping.

In the film's most memorable scene, the schoolgirls do an outdoor aerobics class as men oggle them.

Dame Barbara Windsor was laid to rest on Friday (PA)

The girls fling their arms out from side to side while instructed by their teacher Dr Soaper, who was played by another Carry On legend, Kenneth Williams.

Suddenly, Babs' bikini top flies off and lands in the face of Dr Soaper.

Fans will remember the aftermath of the moment, with Babs standing there holding her naked boobs looking mortified - and the exact photo of the moment was featured in the order of service.

Above the photo was a quote, that read: "That picture will follow me to the end."

Below it another was penned, it said: "Yep!!! Rest in peace my darling Bar, my love forever Scott xx."

In 2017 Dame Barbara lifted the lid on the scene when appearing at the Bradford International Film Festival where she received a Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her contribution to cinema.

Reflecting on filming the Carry On Camping, she dished: "We made all those films in the winter. It was pouring with rain. They got a field in the back so they didn’t have to pay Pinewood Studios. They painted the ground green. They put leaves on the trees.”

The petite star also reflected on reading the script and finding out she would be going topless in the scene.

Barbara shared: "I was so terrified… You weren’t allowed to show your boobs.

"They got the fishing rod and put it there and he (the prop man) had to pull it. Of course, it didn’t come off. I went right down into the mud.”

She went on to joke that nowadays people would check she is ok but not back then as she told the audience: “These were the exact words; ‘Pick her up. Rub her down, get the mud off. We have to go again.’”

And she told that in the next take she accidentally revealed far more than intended - which let to a furious cry from the director, Gerald Thomas.

The actress told that he shouted at her: “You’ve gone and shown your right t*t. The censor won’t pass that. We’ll have to do it again.”

She added: “So I did it three times and the third one was perfect. When they took it to the censor, John Trevellyan, he said, ‘Well, I don’t think Miss Windsor’s right boob is going to corrupt the nation, I’ll pass it.’

"So that’s how I got famous for it.”

Alongside the snap inside the paper booklet, that memorialised the EastEnders star, were a gallery of beautiful snaps including her a young child, some early headshots.

Others included a snap of her posing on the EastEnders set with the Queen as well as a capture of her happily holding up her DBE.

One of the most heartwarming photos in the collection showed the Peggy Mitchell actress being embraced by her husband Scott Mitchell as they both looked adoringly at one another.

Inside the booklet, it also confirmed that Anna Karen, Christopher Biggins and Ross Kemp gave tributes during the service.

As well as her former colleagues Anna and Ross being in attendance and her good pal Christopher, David Walliams and Matt Lucas were pictured at the funeral.

Also, there were hair and make-up artist Gary Cockerill and Dean Gaffney.

Hymns sung at the ceremony were Jerusalem and The Lord’s My Shepherd.

Barbara's widow Scott Mitchell was supported by a number of her showbiz pals at the funeral (Getty Images)
(Ian Vogler / Daily Mirror)

Due to Covid-19 restrictions, just 30 people were allowed to gather to honour Barbara on Friday.

A red and white floral display spelling the words Babs, The Dame and Saucy surrounded the actress’s coffin.

Some of the flowers were donated by the Alzheimer’s Society, after Dame Barbara worked tirelessly to raise awareness of the disease following her diagnosis in 2014.

The coffin was brought into the ceremony to Frank Sinatra’s On The Sunny Side Of The Street.

Her on-screen son from EastEnder's Ross Kemp was in attendance (Steve Reigate)
Dean Gaffney paid his respects (©Karwai Tang)

The recessional music was a recording of Dame Barbara's song Sparrows Can’t Sing from her 1963 film of the same name.

All the mourners present were supporting Dame Barbara's beloved third husband Scott, 58, who was at her side when she died in her care home, on December 10, aged 83.

Dame Barbara was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2014 and with the support of husband Scott went public with her condition in 2018.

Matt Lucas and David Walliams were pictured at the crematorium (Ian Vogler / Daily Mirror)

Throughout her final years, she was praised for raising awareness of her condition and along with Scott visited 10 Downing Street for a meeting with Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2019.

Following Barbara's death, Scott joined Alzheimer’s Research UK in a bid to raise funds in honour of his late wife.

The page has raised more £145,000 so far, reaching more than £150,000 with Gift Aid.

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