Thousands attend Thatcher funeral
- 11 years ago
The coffin of Britain's Iron Lady, draped in the Union Jack, arrives at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
More than 2,300 people turned out to pay their final respects to Baroness Margaret Thatcher, the country's first female prime minister who died of a stroke at the age of 87.
Queen Elizabeth was among those who attended the grand ceremony.
Britain's current Prime Minister David Cameron read a passage from the New Testament:
(SOUNDBITE) (English) BRITISH PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON, READING FROM THE BIBLE, SAYING:
"Let not your heart be troubled. Ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my father's house are many mansions."
The right-wing Thatcher, who governed the UK from 1979 to 1990, was regarded as a controversial figure, with Britons divided about her legacy decades after she ruled.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) BISHOP OF LONDON, RICHARD CHARTRES SAYING:
"After the storm of a life lived in the heat of political controversy there is a great
More than 2,300 people turned out to pay their final respects to Baroness Margaret Thatcher, the country's first female prime minister who died of a stroke at the age of 87.
Queen Elizabeth was among those who attended the grand ceremony.
Britain's current Prime Minister David Cameron read a passage from the New Testament:
(SOUNDBITE) (English) BRITISH PRIME MINISTER DAVID CAMERON, READING FROM THE BIBLE, SAYING:
"Let not your heart be troubled. Ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my father's house are many mansions."
The right-wing Thatcher, who governed the UK from 1979 to 1990, was regarded as a controversial figure, with Britons divided about her legacy decades after she ruled.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) BISHOP OF LONDON, RICHARD CHARTRES SAYING:
"After the storm of a life lived in the heat of political controversy there is a great