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==Honours== Windsor was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2000 New Year Honours]], and in the same year she was the first person to be inducted into the newly created BBC Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/may/08/tvandradio.television3 |title=A cheeky little vintage |last=Smith |first=Rupert |date=8 May 2000 |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News & Media Limited |access-date=9 April 2021}}</ref> In August 2010 she was given the [[Freedom of the City of London]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-10866207|work=BBC News|title=Barbara Windsor given freedom of the City of London|date=4 August 2010|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-date=30 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130141111/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-10866207|url-status=live}}</ref> and in November 2010 she was honoured by the [[City of Westminster]] at a tree-planting and plaque ceremony.<ref>[http://www.marylebone.org/news/environment/99-news/300-tree-planting-weymouth-street Barbara Windsor completes the planting of new trees on Weymouth Street] Marylebone Association web site, Thursday, 11 November 2010 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312071514/http://www.marylebone.org/news/environment/99-news/300-tree-planting-weymouth-street |date=12 March 2012 }}</ref> She was inducted into the [[Hackney Empire]] Walk of Fame on 25 May 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/dame-barbara-windsor-the-carry-on-star-who-left-little-to-the-imagination-12157623|title=Dame Barbara Windsor: Away from her roles on TV, the star's own life was just as colourful|website=Sky News|access-date=11 December 2020|archive-date=11 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211055904/https://news.sky.com/story/dame-barbara-windsor-the-carry-on-star-who-left-little-to-the-imagination-12157623|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lovingdalston.co.uk/2017/05/take-a-walk-on-the-fame-side-dame-barbara-windsor-sets-hackney-empire-on-a-new-path-and-what-a-touristic-carry-on/|title=Take a walk on the fame side: Dame Barbara Windsor sets Hackney Empire on a new path|first=Loving|last=Dalston|access-date=11 December 2020|archive-date=20 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920151824/https://lovingdalston.co.uk/2017/05/take-a-walk-on-the-fame-side-dame-barbara-windsor-sets-hackney-empire-on-a-new-path-and-what-a-touristic-carry-on/|url-status=live}}</ref> Windsor was appointed [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (DBE) in the [[2016 New Year Honours]] for services to charity and entertainment.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{London Gazette|issue=61450 |supp=y|page=N8|date=30 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New Year's Honours 2016|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-years-honours-2016|publisher=Government of the United Kingdom|access-date=30 December 2015|date=30 December 2015|archive-date=30 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151230235040/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-years-honours-2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2014, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the [[University of East London]].<ref name="Babbage">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a611490/barbara-windsor-one-day-ill-say-yes-to-eastenders-return.html#~oWcD0qLww5qOa9|title=Barbara Windsor: 'One day I'll say yes to EastEnders return'|last=Babbage|first=Rachel|date=20 November 2014|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=21 November 2014|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924082224/http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a611490/barbara-windsor-one-day-ill-say-yes-to-eastenders-return.html#~oWcD0qLww5qOa9|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Commonwealth honours=== {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%" ! style="width:20%;"| Country ! style="width:20%;"| Date ! style="width:55%;"| Appointment ! style="width:5%;"| Post-nominal letters |- | {{Flagu|United Kingdom}} || '''2000β2016''' || [[Order of the British Empire|Member of Order of the British Empire]] (Civil Division) || MBE |- | {{Flagu|United Kingdom}} || '''2016β10 December 2020''' || [[Order of the British Empire|Dame Commander of Order of the British Empire]] (Civil Division) || DBE |- |} ===Scholastic=== ; Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector and fellowships {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%" ! style="width:20%;"| Location ! style="width:20%;"| Date ! style="width:40%;"| School ! style="width:20%;"| Position |- | {{Flagu|England}} || '''2015{{ndash}}10 December 2020''' || [[Royal Central School of Speech and Drama]] || Honorary Fellow<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cssd.ac.uk/content/honorary-fellows-honorary-phds|title=Honorary Fellows & Honorary PhDs | The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama|website=www.cssd.ac.uk|access-date=11 December 2020|archive-date=28 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628124914/http://www.cssd.ac.uk/content/honorary-fellows-honorary-phds|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |} {{Incomplete list|date=December 2020}} ===Honorary degrees=== {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%" ! style="width:20%;"| Location ! style="width:20%;"| Date ! style="width:40%;"| School ! style="width:20%;"| Degree ! style="width:20%;"| Gave Commencement Address |- | {{Flagu|England}} || '''20 November 2014''' || [[University of East London]] || [[Doctor of Arts]] (D.Arts)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-30112433|title=Carry on at college for Dr Babs|work=BBC News |access-date=11 December 2020|archive-date=13 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213162003/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-30112433|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkdKavgvMVk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/PkdKavgvMVk| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Barbara Windsor ahead of collecting her honorary degree|last=University of East London|date=11 October 2021|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> || Yes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDy2UwN9sak |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/pDy2UwN9sak| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Barbara Windsor Receives Honorary Degree 20.11.14|last=punkrocksal|date=11 October 2021|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- |} {{Incomplete list|date=December 2020}} ===Freedom of the City=== {{Incomplete list|date=December 2020}} * {{flagicon|England}} '''4 August 2010''': [[City of London|London]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-10866207|title=Barbara Windsor given freedom of the City of London|work=BBC News|date=4 August 2010|access-date=11 December 2020|archive-date=21 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921023013/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-10866207|url-status=live}}</ref>
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