They rose to fame together starring in the sitcom Birds of a Feather from the late 1980s, and Linda Robson has emphasised just how close she and Pauline Quirke remain to this day. This is despite the latter’s heartbreaking diagnosis with dementia in 2021 that forced the actress to retire from acting.

Linda, 67, revealed that she had recently met up at the pub with her 66-year-old friend along with others in their close-knit circle, and was delighted to find her "giggling and happy" over lunch. "We're all still in touch and we were all still friends and it's been really nice," she told The Mirror .

The Loose Women star shared how Pauline’s son Charlie had picked her up beforehand from the station so that she could visit his mum at home - where she was already with her daught

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