Celebrities respond to Thatcher's death on Twitter", "MPs join 'Grantham Style' campaign for pro-Thatcher hit", "Anti-Thatcher sentiment primed to sweep through singles charts", "Who's really behind 'I'm in love with Margaret Thatcher'? [108], New Zealand prime minister John Key praised Thatcher's determination and expressed his "[sadness] for her family and Great Britain". The voluntary was the Prelude and Fugue in E flat, BWV552 by Johann Sebastian Bach, and the Abbey bells rang half-muffled to a peal of Stedman Caters of 5101 changes. The Psalm was Psalm 121, sung to a setting by William McKie. [127][128] Cooper explained that its delicate compromise balanced freedom of speech and sensitivity for a family grieving for a loved one yet to be buried. ... Baroness Thatcher’s ceremonial funeral at St Paul’s Cathedral in … [84] The Daily Telegraph website closed comments on all articles related to her death due to brigading by online trolls. [3] However, her health continued to decline; she was briefly hospitalised in 2008 after feeling unwell during a dinner, and again after falling and fracturing her arm in 2009. [51] Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood, while expressing sympathy to her family, criticised her policies' effects on Wales. [54], The House of Commons was recalled in order to hold a special session discussing Thatcher's legacy. [87] Councils in England that refused to lower the flag included Barnsley, Sheffield and Wakefield in Yorkshire,[88] as well as Coventry in the West Midlands. On 17 April, she was honoured with a ceremonial funeral.Due to polarised opinion about her achievements and legacy, reaction to her death was mixed in Britain and included contrasting praise, criticism, and celebration of her life and death. Australian prime minister Julia Gillard expressed admiration for Thatcher's achievements as a woman. [20][21] Andrew Motion who had previously written poems for the wedding of Prince Edward, the Queen Mother's 100th birthday, and the death of Princess Margaret, released an elegy in honour of the Queen Mother. [13], The Queen Mother's body lay at the altar of the Royal Chapel of All Saints near Royal Lodge before being taken to London for her lying in state and funeral. The Queen Mother's funeral arrangements in 2002 cost more than £5.4 million - but Prince Philip's private send-off is likely to cost much less. "[47] Former Labour prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown said that even those who disagreed with her would admire her strength of character, her convictions, her view of Britain's place in the world and her contribution to British national life. The public funeral of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother occurred on Tuesday, 9 April 2002 in Westminster Abbey in London, following her death on 30 March 2002 at the age of 101. [68] A mock funeral was held in the pit village of Goldthorpe in South Yorkshire, in which an effigy of Thatcher was burned alongside the word "scab" spelled out in flowers. [110], Romanian president Traian Băsescu and the premier and foreign minister of Bulgaria, Marin Raykov, cited her influence on them, and sent their condolences. A guard of honour was mounted by the Nijmegen Company of the Grenadier Guards, and the members of the Royal Family walking in the funeral procession arrived from Buckingham Palace and St. James's Palace. [59][53] Retired MP Tony Benn, former London mayor, Ken Livingstone, and Paul Kenny, General Secretary of the GMB trade union, stated that her policies were divisive and her legacy involved "the destruction of communities, the elevation of personal greed over social values and legitimising the exploitation of the weak by the strong",[60] however Benn did acknowledge some of her personal qualities. The coffin was then taken to the Abbey, about 300 metres away, accompanied by a massed pipe band of 128 musicians drawn from 13 British and Commonwealth regiments. [52], Former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas voiced regret that, although Thatcher was the first female prime minister, "she did little for women either inside or outside the House of Commons". She was bedridden at Sandringham after her final public engagement on 22 November 2001, when she attended the recommissioning of HMS Ark Royal. [47], Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader David Cameron cut short a visit to Spain and ordered flags to be flown at half-mast. Her body was subsequently cremated at Mortlake Crematorium. The verse became widely popular after the funeral, and was later revealed to be based on a poem written some 20 years earlier by David Harkins, an aspiring artist from Carlisle. [22] Both the Queen and the Prince of Wales paid tribute to the Queen Mother in separate television broadcasts.[23]. The cremation service was only attended by the immediate family. [36] The Bishop of London also gave an address. The Queen's state funeral will be the biggest ever seen in the UK - far eclipsing the likes of Princess Diana, the Queen Mother and Margaret Thatcher. [61], Many reactions were unsympathetic,[62] particularly from her opponents. [33] At the Tower of London, a 105 mm gun fired every 60 seconds during the procession. [21], Some of Thatcher's supporters expressed disappointment that she would not be given a full state funeral. [3] Margaret passou sua infância em Grantham, onde seu pai era dono de duas mercearias. [122][123] On 12 April 2013, "Ding-Dong!" [113], At the wishes of Thatcher's family, Argentina's president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was not invited to the funeral. [14][15] At one point, her four grandsons Prince Charles, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward and Viscount Linley mounted the guard as a mark of respect—an honour similar to the Vigil of the Princes at the lying in state of King George V.[16][17] An estimated 200,000 people over three days filed past as she lay in state in Westminster Hall at the Palace of Westminster. In June 2009, her daughter Carol spoke to the press of her mother's struggle with dementia. [67] Chris Kitchen, General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers, stated that miners would "not be shedding a tear for her". [103] Taoiseach (prime minister) Enda Kenny said he was "saddened" to learn of Thatcher's death,[104] while Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams criticised "the great hurt done to the Irish and British people during her time as British prime minister", adding: "Here in Ireland, her espousal of old draconian militaristic policies prolonged the war and caused great suffering". Prince Philip's casket will be carried to his funeral on a Land Rover customized for the purpose. The funeral cortège commenced at the Houses of Parliament, where Thatcher's coffin had lain overnight in the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft beneath St Stephen's Hall at the Palace of Westminster. [4] Antes da Segunda Guerra Mundial, em 1938 a família Roberts deu refúgio a Edith … The funeral was held in London. [114] The Argentine ambassador Alicia Castro was invited in line with diplomatic protocol,[38] but declined the invitation. [57][82][83] Left-wing director Ken Loach suggested privatising her funeral and tendering it for the cheapest bid. The government's national flag protocol dictates that union flags should be lowered to half mast on the funeral days of all former prime ministers;[86] however most Scottish councils did not lower the flag for the funeral. [7][8] She had been staying in a suite there since December 2012, after having difficulty using the stairs at her house in Chester Square. She then returned to Royal Lodge. The sermon was given by Dr George Carey, the Archbishop of Canterbury,[29] and a reading from The Pilgrim's Progress was given by the Reverend Anthony Burnham, the Moderator of The Free Churches Group. Five minutes later, VIPs and heads of state began arriving via the Great West Door. [27] After the funeral, the Queen Mother's personal standard was lowered for the final time. He told a gathering of journalists that his family was "proud and equally grateful" that her funeral service would be attended by the Queen, whose presence he said his mother would be "greatly honored as well as humbled by". [26], Anticipating possible protests and demonstrations along the route, police mounted one of the largest security operations since the 2012 Summer Olympics. It started at 9:48 am on 9 April 2002, when the tenor bell of Westminster Abbey sounded 101 times, each chime representing a year that the Queen Mother had lived. [16] She had previously vetoed a state funeral; reasons included cost, parliamentary deliberation,[17] and that it suggested similar stature to Winston Churchill (with which she disagreed). [125][126] Radio 1 Controller Ben Cooper said that the station's chart show would not play the No. The Queen left Buckingham Palace in the royal Rolls Royce at 11:12 am, arriving with her entourage at the Great West Door four minutes later. [2] But despite her illness, she pre-recorded a eulogy for the funeral of Ronald Reagan in June 2004, and attended her 80th birthday celebration in 2005 with the Queen and 650 other guests in attendance. The procession lasted from 11:00 am until 11:16 am. [28] Members of the royal family were chauffeured to the Abbey's Great West Door at 11:05 am to be received by the Dean of Westminster (Wesley Carr) and Chapter, and conducted to St. George's Chapel.
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