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Baroness Thatcher to receive ceremonial but not state funeral
Telegraph Co. ^ | 3:53PM BST 08 Apr 2013 | Martin Evans

Posted on 04/08/2013 6:31:20 PM PDT by brityank

Baroness Thatcher to receive ceremonial but not state funeral

Baroness Thatcher will receive a ceremonial funeral with full military honours at St Paul’s Cathedral, it has been announced.

The funeral will have official status, similar to that accorded to the funeral of the Queen Mother, but it will not be a full state funeral in line with her own wishes and those of her family.

Lady Thatcher will not lie in state and there will be no military fly-past.

Full details of the ceremony will be announced in coming days but Downing Street said a “wide and diverse range of people and groups with connections to Lady Thatcher” would be invited.

The statement added: “The service will be followed by a private cremation. All the arrangements being put in place are in line with wishes of Lady Thatcher's family.”

On the day of the funeral, Lady Thatcher’s coffin will begin its journey from the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft in the Palace of Westminster, the place she dominated for more than a decade.


(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ironlady; socialismsucks; thatcher; thatcherdies; thereisnoenglandnow
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RIP Lady Thatcher.
1 posted on 04/08/2013 6:31:20 PM PDT by brityank
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I would think she would be entitled to the same honors Winston Churchill got for his funeral in 1965.


2 posted on 04/08/2013 6:36:15 PM PDT by Publius
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A Great Lady ... leaving us her way. God’s Speed Maggie!


3 posted on 04/08/2013 6:37:59 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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Found the charity mentioned in Lady Thatcher's obituary for donations in lieu of flowers:

There is a Donation Link on the right side for our use.

4 posted on 04/08/2013 6:42:28 PM PDT by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
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To: Publius

She rejected the full-on State funeral.


5 posted on 04/08/2013 6:43:24 PM PDT by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
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but it will not be a full state funeral in line with her own wishes

I respect her wishes but wish that she could have been sent off in high state.

May the Lord hold you tenderly Maggie Thatcher.

You were a fine lady in every sense of the word.

6 posted on 04/08/2013 6:43:31 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Promotional Fee Paid for by "Ouchies" The Sharp, Prickly Toy You Bathe With!)
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To: brityank

Thanks. I didn’t know.


7 posted on 04/08/2013 6:43:49 PM PDT by Publius
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I will be interested in seeing if Brits react the way Americans did when Reagan died.


8 posted on 04/08/2013 6:45:04 PM PDT by Publius
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Agreed!


9 posted on 04/08/2013 6:45:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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RIP Lady Thatcher.

Amen

10 posted on 04/08/2013 6:47:17 PM PDT by jazusamo ("Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent." -- Adam Smith)
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The least the House of WIndsor could do is loosen up the purse strings a bit for a state funeral. Have they learned nothing from the Diana fiasco? Let her lie in state like Winston


11 posted on 04/08/2013 6:50:43 PM PDT by drewh
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Margaret Thatcher, that woman!........was a Lady and a Leader.

She won't be missed, she is already missed.

12 posted on 04/08/2013 6:51:09 PM PDT by Kakaze (I want The Republic back !)
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I would think she would be entitled to the same honors Winston Churchill got for his funeral in 1965.

Her family specifically requested she not have a State funeral from her requests. Probably part of her humility.

13 posted on 04/08/2013 6:52:41 PM PDT by mnehring
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I hope Michael Reagan will be there.


14 posted on 04/08/2013 6:52:57 PM PDT by montag813
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Note: I googled “the lady is not for turning” and clicked on one of the results because I wanted to get further information on the quote. And I got a virus which took me two hours to remove. So look out.


15 posted on 04/08/2013 6:56:05 PM PDT by oldbrowser (They are marxists, don't call them democrats)
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These great souls and their humility. It is just amazing.


16 posted on 04/08/2013 6:56:56 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: mnehring

17 posted on 04/08/2013 6:59:42 PM PDT by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
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Does anyone read even the excerpts here? She did not want that level of attention. It’s nobody’s fault. I wish we’d get the whole shebang but she said she doesn’t.


18 posted on 04/08/2013 7:01:37 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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I hope Obama won't send Crazy Uncle Joe as our representative.

NO TWIT FOR A BRIT!

Leni

19 posted on 04/08/2013 7:03:33 PM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: brityank

No dates?


20 posted on 04/08/2013 7:05:35 PM PDT by onedoug
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