On 8 April 2013, former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, died of a stroke at the Ritz Hotel, London, at the age of 87. On 17 April, she was honoured with a ceremonial funer
Margaret Thatcher's coffin being carried up the steps of St Paul's Cathedral
Floral tributes outside Thatcher's birthplace in Grantham, Lincolnshire
Security checks prior to the service in the early hours of 17 April 2013
Thatcher's Union Flag-draped coffin being carried by a gun carriage
Denis Thatcher
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Sir Denis Thatcher, 1st Baronet, was an English businessman and the husband of Margaret Thatcher, who served as the first female British prime minister from 1979 to 1990; thus, he became the first mal
Death and funeral of Margaret Thatcher
…Crematorium. Her ashes were buried at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London, in a private ceremony on 28 September 2013, alongside those of her husband, Denis. Thatcher suffered several small strokes in 2002 and was advised by her doctors not to engage in any more public speaking; on 23 March she announced…
Thatcher in 1988
Denis and Margaret Thatcher with US vice president George Bush and second lady Barbara Bush at Chequers in 1984
Thatcher in 1982
Thatcher and US first lady Nancy Reagan at Downing Street in 1988