Final respects to be paid to Thatcher

The UK will pay its final respects to Margaret Thatcher today as friends and foes continue to row over her legacy.

Wed, 17 Apr, 2013 - 08:07

The UK will pay its final respects to Margaret Thatcher today as friends and foes continue to row over her legacy.

Thousands of people are expected to line the streets of central London as the former prime minister is carried with full military honours to St Paul’s Cathedral.

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Courts Margaret Thatcher Place: London Place: St Paul’s Cathedral Place: St Mary Undercroft Place: St Stephen’s Hall Place: Palace of Westminster Place: St Clement Danes Place: Tower of London Place: St Paul Place: Falkland Islands Place: Downing Street Place: US Person: Thatcher Person: Margaret Thatcher Person: the Person: Lady Thatcher Person: Mark Person: Carol Thatcher Person: Dean of Westminster Person: Very Rev Dr John Hall Person: Iain Duncan Smith Person: Brooks Newmark Person: Lady Person: Lord (Cecil) Parkinson Person: Francis Maude Person: Nicholas Soames Person: Lord (Patrick) Cormack Person: Andrew Tyrie Person: Bernard Jenkin Person: Philip Davies Person: Julian Lewis Person: Bill Cash Person: Mark Pritchard Person: Priti Patel Person: John Bercow Person: Lindsay Hoyle Person: Nigel Evans Person: of the House Person: Andrew Lansley Person: Chief Whip Sir George Young Person: Angela Eagle Person: Rosie Winterton Person: Rose Hudson-Wilkin Person: Alicia Castro Person: Cameron Person: Washington Person: Barack Obama Person: George Shultz Person: James Baker Person: Dick Cheney Person: Henry Kissinger Person: President Francois Hollande Person: Elisabeth Guigou Person: Francois Mitterrand Person: MPs Person: George Galloway Person: Labour Person: Dennis Skinner Person: Galloway Person: Nadine Dorries Event: Women2Win campaign Event: Second World War Organisation: UK Organisation: Conservative Party Organisation: King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery Organisation: House Organisation: Commons Organisation: Tory Organisation: Labour Organisation: Liberal Democrat

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