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Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s funeral last week cost the U.K. government around 3.6 million pounds ($5.6 million), mostly for security.
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U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said he cried during Margaret Thatcher’s funeral last week after being overcome by a combination of the Bishop of London’s sermon and the choral music.
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More than 2,000 mourners filled St. Paul’s Cathedral and church bells tolled as crowds and troops lined London’s streets for the final journey of Margaret Thatcher, with Britons still divided over the legacy of their only female prime minister.
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The crowds that lined the route as Margaret Thatcher’s coffin passed through central London today reflected the division of opinion in Britain over her legacy.
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Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger will attend the funeral of Margaret Thatcher tomorrow as President Obama said he will stay away.
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Just after 5:30 a.m., as dawn was breaking over London today, a coffin draped in a Union Jack was carried out of St. Clement Danes church on the Strand and loaded onto a gun carriage.
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President Barack Obama named former secretaries of state George Shultz and James A. Baker to lead the U.S. delegation attending the funeral of former British Prime Minister tomorrow.
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U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron’s office said it wasn’t concerned that foreign leaders are staying away from Margaret Thatcher’s funeral as it became clear that the German and Spanish heads of government won’t attend.
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The funeral of Margaret Thatcher in two days time will feature her own choice of favorite hymns and poetry amid the pomp of the service in London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral and a procession with full military honors.
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More than 2,000 invitations will be sent out for former U.K. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s funeral with full military honors next week, an event that will see roads closed and Parliament suspended to mourn her.
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