Margaret thatcher was laid to rest wednesday with a level of pomp and protest reflecting her status as a commanding, polarizing political figure.
25+ Margaret Thatcher Funeral Cost Pictures. Provisional figure, which includes 'opportunity costs' for police, well below £10m suggested by some in media. The bishop of grantham has spoken out about the scale and cost of margaret thatcher's funeral.
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The entire cost of her funeral should be recovered from her estate. Prime minister david cameron's office said thursday that thatcher's family was paying the cost of the undertaker and flowers for the funeral. When thatcher died in april 2013, queen elizabeth granted her a state funeral, something she'd only previously done for sir winston churchill.
She died of a stroke in london on 8 april 2013.
Margaret thatcher is receiving a ceremonial funeral with military honours, in common with the queen mother in 2002 and princess diana in 1997. Queen elizabeth ii and prime minister david cameron were among the britain's first female prime minister, margaret thatcher, has been honored in a ceremonial funeral service at st. Police officers are monitoring social media, internet forums and blackberry messaging networks in the expectation that margaret thatcher's funeral procession next wednesday will be targeted by protesters. Margaret thatcher's funeral cost the uk tax payer £10 million, but how does it compare to some of the largest and most extravagant funerals in history?
