The Escapist. The Reveller. The Optimist. ES Best. ES Mag. Follow us:. Password Please enter a valid password. Submit Submit. By Robert Jobson. N ot since the nation mourned Sir Winston Churchill in has the Queen attended the funeral of a British prime minister. By her side was the Duke of Edinburgh, who wore a morning suit, not a military uniform.
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Thatcher's funeral will be held at St. Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday. What is the difference between a ceremonial funeral and a full state funeral? You've read of free articles. A gun carriage drawn by six black horses carried the coffin through the streets to St Paul's, where the funeral service began with readings from the King James Bible by Mr Cameron and Lady Thatcher's year-old granddaughter Amanda, and hymns chosen by the former prime minister.
The service ended with a blessing from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby. Lady Thatcher's coffin was borne out of the cathedral and returned to a hearse which took it to the Royal Hospital Chelsea and then to Mortlake Crematorium in south west London for a private cremation.
Lady Thatcher, who was Conservative Prime Minister from until , died on 8 April, following a stroke, at the age of She was accorded a ceremonial funeral with military honours, one step down from a state funeral. Asked about those who wanted to challenge his view of Lady Thatcher, the prime minister said: "Of course people have the right to disagree and take a different view.
There were more than 50 guests associated with the Falkland Islands, including veterans from the conflict with Argentina, but Argentina's ambassador to London, Alicia Castro declined an invitation to attend. Alan Southern, a former member of the Parachute Regiment who fought in the Falklands War, said: "Lady Thatcher was an absolutely wonderful lady. She loved the armed forces and she did so much for the country, she put the 'great' back in Great Britain.
In total, two current heads of state, 11 serving prime ministers and 17 serving foreign ministers from around the world attended. Notable absences were former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who could not attend because of ill health, and former US first lady Nancy Reagan, who was also unable to come. Six police forces from outside London sent specialist officers to help with escorting foreign dignitaries.
St Paul's has published a full funeral order of service. The funeral procession will set out from the Palace of Westminster with Baroness Thatcher's body carried in a hearse for the first part of the journey. The coffin will be trasferred to a gun carriage at the church of St Clement Danes on the Strand. There will be a Guard of Honour outside St Paul's as the coffin is transferred into the Cathedral by service personnel from regiments and ships closely associated with the Falklands campaign.
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