Recent Years
Although Windsor recorded the single "Don't Dig Twiggy"/"Swinging London" (arranged by Mark Wirtz in 1967, it wasn't until 1999 that she made her UK Chart debut with fellow EastEnders cast member Mike Reid with "The More I See You", which reached number 44. In 2000, she was made an MBE in the Millennium Honours List, was inducted into the first BBC Hall of Fame and had a waxwork of her unveiled at Madame Tussauds. She also published her autobiography, All of Me.
Windsor examined her family tree in the first episode of the third series of the documentary series Who Do You Think You Are?, which aired on 6 September 2006, in which she traced her family tree back 11 generations to John Golding, the great-great-grandfather of the painter John Constable, making him Windsor's fourth cousin six times removed.
Windsor provided the voice of the Dormouse in Walt Disney's 2010 live action adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, directed by Tim Burton. The cast of the film also included Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway.
Windsor will be appearing in the pantomime Dick Whittington at the Bristol Hippodrome over the Christmas/New Year period of 2010/2011.
On 8 September 2010 it was announced that Windsor will be fronting a TV campaign for online bingo site Jackpotjoy.
On 9 October 2010 Windsor appeared on Piers Morgan's Life Stories and revealed she has become teetotal to help Mitchell with his "terrible alcohol problem".
In November 2010 she was honoured for her outstanding contribution to show business, at the Variety Club Showbiz Awards.
In January 2011 she appeared as herself in series 1, episode 4 of BBC comedy series Come Fly With Me, where she was insulted by the character Moses played by David Walliams.
Since 2011 she has regularly stood in for Elaine Paige on her BBC Radio 2 show on Sunday afternoons between 1.00pm and 3.00pm.
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