Minister, Margaret
Thatcher, died on Monday
following a stroke at the
Ritz Hotel. She was aged 87.
Family spokesperson, Lord
Tim Bell, announced her
death.
Although her children
were said to be abroad as
at the time of her death,
Thatcher's doctor and care
giver were reportedly at
her bedside.
She had been staying at the
Ritz hotel following her
discharge from hospital at
the end of last year.
Thatcher, whose tenure was
the longest since 1827,
serving 11 unbroken years
at No 10 Downing Street,
was only "overthrown" by
an internal Tory Party
"coup" in 1990 after her
"reckless" promotion of the
poll tax led to rioting in
Trafalgar Square.
The octogenarian, who had
been in declining health
for some years, suffered
from dementia.
The death of her husband
of 50 years, Sir Denis
Thatcher, had intensified
her isolation in what had
proved a frustrating
retirement, despite
energetic worldwide
activities in the early
years.
After a series of mini-
strokes in 2002, Thatcher
withdrew from public life,
no longer able to make the
kind of waspish
pronouncements that had
been her forte in office
and beyond.
Although Thatcher will
not have a state funeral,
she will be accorded the
same status as Princess
Diana and the Queen
Mother.
The ceremony, with full
military honours, will
take place at St. Paul's
Cathedral, London.
The Union Jack above
Number 10 Downing Street
was lowered to half-mast,
while Parliament will be
recalled from its Easter
recess on Wednesday to
enable the lawmakers to
pay tributes to the former
prime minister.
A grocer's daughter with a
steely resolve, Thatcher was
loved and loathed in equal
measure as she crushed the
unions, privatised vast
swathes of British
industry, clashed with the
European Union and
fought a war to recover
the Falkland Islands from
Argentine invaders.
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