Images of the Funeral:
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"Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
"Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
Here’s the entire funeral service for those who missed it:
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/ThatcherF
From Investor’s Business Daily:
Prime Minister David Cameron read from the King James Bible her favorite verse John 14.1 beginning: “Let not your heart be troubled.”
The sonorous chimes of London’s iconic Big Ben clock were silenced throughout the procession and service.
There was, however, no traditional RAF flyover. The conservative Thatcher left word she would find that a waste of precious pounds.
Among the many dignitaries attending today’s service were former prime ministers John Major, Gordon Brown and Tony Blair along with Canadian leaders Stephen Harper and Brian Mulroney and several Middle Eastern leaders.
Cultural icons such as Michael Caine, David Frost, Richard Attenborough, Shirley Bassey, Michael Crawford and Andrew Lloyd-Webber also attended, as did 10 staff members from the Ritz Hotel as a symbol of appreciation for their care during Thatcher’s last weeks.
Henry Kissinger, Newt Gingrich and Dick Cheney attended as private U.S. citizens.
President Obama has created his own reputation as anti-British through serial snubs of its leaders and gifts.
Whether there’s a connection between his obvious feelings and Britain’s colonial rule of Kenya, the homeland of Obama’s absentee father, is really irrelevant. It’s shown Obama as a petty, parochial pol, hardly presidential.
The Democrat is often photographed with his feet atop the presidential desk, a gift from Britain decades ago made from the timbers of a British man-of-war.
You may recall on his first day in the Oval Office, Obama ordered the gift bust of Winston Churchill removed and returned to Britain. He famously gave Brown a gift of American movie DVD’s, which won’t play on British machines. He’s declined to appear jointly with some Brits and generously gave the queen an iPod packed with recordings of his own speeches.
But Obama trumped himself this week by declining to send any representative of his administration to the funeral of free-market advocate Thatcher. The Chicago Democrat appointed instead two former secretaries of State in Republican administrations—James Baker and George Schultz—and a staffer from the embassy in London.
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Edit to add...
RE: Thatcher’s Favorite Bible verse.
Sean Hannity keeps using that line too :)
I cannot imagine how intimidating such a setting had to be for Amanda Thatcher! Nothing like making a huge public debut with so many people watching.
Good on her for having the courage to do so and to take part in her grandmother’s funeral. It’s always so difficult and to think she managed with just a few breaks in her voice.
The Iron Lady would be proud. RIP PM Thatcher.
The last few days, I was thinking not only of what has happened in Boston, but of the Iron Lady, who was in her time as British PM, one tough lady.
SKY NEWS Interviews Congresswomen Marsha Blackburn and Michelle Bachmann after the funeral: