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Thatcher’s funeral cost British taxpayers $2.5 million
Margaret Thatcher’s funeral cost British taxpayers an estimated £1.6 million ($2.5 million 1.9 million euros), with a further £2 million spent on police who would have been on duty anyway, Downing Street said Thursday. Though never likely, back-of-an-envelope newspaper guesses in the run-up to the former prime minister’s funeral last…
Rule Britannia: Churchill, Thatcher top list of ‘most admired’ by CEOs
Britain’s wartime prime minister Winston Churchill on Saturday topped a poll of leaders most admired by chief executives, edging out Apple founder Steve Jobs and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela. The survey of some 1,300 business leaders, carried out by financial services giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), saw “Iron Lady” Margaret Thatcher as…
Margaret Thatcher polarizes opinion even in death
Thousands lined the route of Margaret Thatcher’s funeral procession on Wednesday to pay their respects to a prime minister who had a profound impact on Britain, but others turned their backs on her coffin in bitter protest. The woman who ruled Britain for 11 years has aroused strong passions even…
WATCH LIVE: Margaret Thatcher’s funeral
Watch a livestream of Baroness Margaret Hilda Thatcher’s funeral just below, via ABC News, beginning at 5 a.m ET. Or re-load this page for ongoing updates from Agence France-Presse further below. p class=”rpuSnip”> Follow AFP’s Live Report on British former prime minister Margaret Thatcher’s funeral here from 0800 GMT. Queen…
Dick Cheney to attend Margaret Thatcher’s funeral
Dick Cheney, the former US vice-president and driving force behind the country’s invasion of Iraq, is to attend Lady Thatcher’s funeral on Wednesday, Downing Street have confirmed. Number 10 said Cheney would attend with his wife Lynne. Other high-profile US guests include Dr Henry Kissinger, the former US secretary of…
Thatcher protesters vow to pelt her coffin with eggs, coal or milk as London police brace for Wednesday’s funeral
London police are bracing for protests at Margaret Thatcher’s funeral on Wednesday, with opponents vowing to pelt her coffin with eggs, coal or milk if they can get close enough — or simply turn their backs on the passing procession. More than 800 people have pledged to attend an event…
Security tightens because of threats to Margaret Thatcher’s funeral
Margaret Thatcher’s funeral on Wednesday will be surrounded by tight security as police fear protesters opposed to her political legacy and anarchists could try to disrupt the ceremonial occasion. The British former prime minister has been as divisive in death as she was in life and police are taking no…
‘Rust in hell’: Irish nationalists slam ‘Iron Lady’ Margaret Thatcher
Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher’s hardline approach to IRA hunger strikers and her staunch support of Unionism means few nationalists in Northern Ireland are mourning her death. Thatcher presided over the province for more than a decade of strife, death and destruction as the “Troubles” raged. The Irish Republican Army…
Hundreds swarm London’s Trafalgar Square for party celebrating Thatcher’s death
Hundreds of opponents of Margaret Thatcher filled London’s Trafalgar Square on Saturday evening for a rain-soaked celebration of the former British prime minister’s death earlier this week. Former coal miners involved in the year-long strike against the Iron Lady’s government in the 1980s joined far-left activists and students to drink…
London braces for massive party to ‘celebrate’ Thatcher’s death
Police were braced on Saturday for a mass “party” staged by opponents of Margaret Thatcher in London’s Trafalgar Square to celebrate her death. Mayor of London Boris Johnson said the authorities were prepared for potential violence, after trouble erupted at several impromptu street celebrations following the death of the former…
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