In February, I sat in my living room and watched The Iron Lady, a movie about Margaret Thatcher. I fell in love with her and what she stood for. When I heard she died, I couldn't even understand it. I was shocked that as soon as I started liking her, she died. *sigh*
Margaret thatcher, the Right Honourable and Baroness, LG OM PC FRS, was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. She was in office from the 4th of May, 1979 to the 28th of November, 1990. She was married to Denis Thatcher, who died in 2003. She has two children, Carol Thatcher and Mark Thatcher.
I decided to go through Wikipedia, and here's what I found for those of you that know nothing about her;
"She was a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and the Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century and is the only woman to have held the office. A Soviet journalist called her the "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. As Prime Minister, she implemented policies that have come to be known as Thatcherism. following several years of poor health, Thatcher died on the morning of 8 April 2013 at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke. She had been staying at a suite in The Ritz Hotel in London since December 2012 after having difficulty with stairs at her Chester Square home.
Reactions to the news of Thatcher's death were mixed, ranging from tributes lauding her as Britain's greatest-ever peacetime Prime Minister to public celebrations and expressions of personalised vitriol. Details of her funeral were agreed with her in advance. In line with her wishes she received a ceremonial funeral, including full military honours, with a church service at St Paul's Cathedral on 17 April. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip attended the funeral, the second time in the Queen's reign that she had attended the funeral of a former prime minister.
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