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Margaret Thatcher’s Funeral Cost $5.6 million – Much Less Than Reported
The procession through central London and ceremony at St Paul’s Cathedral on 17 April—together with a huge security operation involving some 4,000 police...
Ronnie's Friend Maggie
The phrase, inevitably, is Winston Churchill's. Long an advocate of Anglo-American alliance, the wartime British Prime Minister often spoke of what he called the...
Margaret Thatcher’s Funeral: Protesters and Supporters Line Procession Route
When Paul Dooley was a police officer in the 1980s, he faced off against striking coal miners in the north of England. And although many in Britain at the time...
Inside Margaret Thatcher’s Funeral, an Elegy of Decline and Fall
No matter how grand a funeral, there is no hiding from its principle message, and the grand funeral of Margaret Thatcher communicated that message more starkly...
Margaret Thatcher’s Funeral: VIP Guests and Angry Protesters Gather in London
Throughout her life and political career, Margaret Thatcher was a divisive figure. On the eve of her funeral, Scotland Yard has been attempting to predict just...
Britain’s Iron Lady to Be Buried With Full Pomp
(LONDON) — Britain's Iron Lady is being laid to rest with a level of pomp and protest reflecting her status as a commanding, polarizing political figure. A...
Margaret Thatcher’s Funeral: Who Will Be Attending
More than 2,000 people, including all surviving U.S. Presidents as well as representatives of foreign states and figures from the world of entertainment, will...
Margaret Thatcher’s Foreign Policy: Was the Iron Lady on the Wrong Side of History?
She is remembered for having helped the U.S. stare down and defeat the Soviet Union but Thatcher's other overseas dealings reflect questionable if not poor...
Pre-Dawn Rehearsal for Margaret Thatcher’s Funeral
(LONDON) -- A pre-dawn military rehearsal has been held in preparation for Margaret Thatcher's funeral. In advance of Wednesday's funeral at St. Paul's...
Anti-Thatcher Party in London’s Trafalgar Square
(LONDON) — Hundreds of opponents of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher partied in London's Trafalgar Square to celebrate her death, sipping Champagne and...
World Mourns Thatcher, ‘A Great Briton’
(LONDON) -- Global leaders expressed praise and admiration Monday for former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as news spread of her death. Today's...
The Queen, David Cameron and 2,000 Others Attend Margaret Thatcher’s Funeral
The Queen, British Prime Minister David Cameron and more than 2,000 dignitaries pay their last respects to Baroness Thatcher at St Paul’s Cathedral on Wednesday...
BBC in Dilemma as Anti-Thatcher Song Climbs Chart
(LONDON) — The BBC is in a bind after opponents of Margaret Thatcher pushed the song "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead" up the British charts in a posthumous protest...
‘Ding Dong! the Witch is Dead’: BBC Responds as Anti-Thatcher Campaign Pushes Song Up the Charts
The bitter row over Margaret Thatcher's legacy continues — and this time it's spilling onto the BBC's Top 40 radio program.
U.K. Lawmakers to Pay Tribute to Margaret Thatcher
(LONDON) -- British lawmakers are returning from vacation to pay tribute to former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, as preparations get under way for a funeral...
Even in Death, Margaret Thatcher Divides Britain as Hundreds Celebrate
Not everyone is mourning the Iron Lady's passing.
Fondness in Finchley: Margaret Thatcher’s Constituency Reflects on Her Legacy
Supporters in her former constituency remember their local hero
Margaret Thatcher: In Movies and Television
The late prime minister was portrayed in nearly two dozen films and TV shows
