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"Lady Thatcher’s wish was for the armed forces to be able to participate in the funeral – they will therefore have a key part to play."
Funeral details:
Funeral details:
Monday 8 April 2013
Lady Thatcher will receive a Ceremonial funeral with military honours
In line with the wishes of her family and with the Queen’s consent, Lady Thatcher will receive a Ceremonial funeral with military honours. The service will be held at St Paul’s Cathedral and is expected to take place next week.
A wide and diverse range of people and groups with connections to Lady Thatcher will be invited. The service will be followed by a private cremation.
The funeral will be a mix of the public and private. The service at St Paul’s Cathedral will be televised and members of the public can watch the coffin procession from the Palace of Westminster to St Paul’s.
Lady Thatcher’s wish was for the armed forces to be able to participate in the funeral – they will therefore have a key part to play.
On the day before the funeral, the coffin will be moved to Chapel of St Mary Undercroft in the Palace of Westminster. There will be a short service following its arrival. The coffin will rest in the Chapel overnight.
On the day itself, the streets will be cleared of traffic and the coffin will travel by hearse from the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft in the Palace of Westminster to the Church of St Clement Danes, the RAF Chapel, on the Strand.
At the Church the coffin will be transferred to a gun carriage drawn by the King’s Troop Royal Artillery. The coffin will then be borne in Procession from St Clement Danes to St Paul’s Cathedral. The route will be lined by tri-service military personnel.
The coffin will be met at St Paul’s Cathedral by a guard of honour. Tri-service personnel and Pensioners of the Royal Hospital Chelsea will line the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral.
The coffin will be borne into and out of the Cathedral by a tri-service bearer party.
The guest list for St Paul’s will include family and friends of Lady Thatcher, those who worked with her over the years, including members of her Cabinets when she was Prime Minister, and representatives from a range of groups she was associated with. The Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister will attend and the Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet will be invited.
Flags will be flown at half mast at Downing Street today and tomorrow, and will be again on the day of the funeral.
Information for the public
Lady Thatcher’s family have asked that, if people wish to pay their respects, they consider making a donation to the Royal Hospital Chelsea, rather than laying flowers. Details of how to do so available on the Royal Hospital Chelsea website.
The public will be unable to attend the funeral service itself but can line the route of the funeral procession from the RAF Church in the Strand to St Paul’s Cathedral.
Further details will be made available in due course.
Lady Thatcher will receive a Ceremonial funeral with military honours
In line with the wishes of her family and with the Queen’s consent, Lady Thatcher will receive a Ceremonial funeral with military honours. The service will be held at St Paul’s Cathedral and is expected to take place next week.
A wide and diverse range of people and groups with connections to Lady Thatcher will be invited. The service will be followed by a private cremation.
The funeral will be a mix of the public and private. The service at St Paul’s Cathedral will be televised and members of the public can watch the coffin procession from the Palace of Westminster to St Paul’s.
Lady Thatcher’s wish was for the armed forces to be able to participate in the funeral – they will therefore have a key part to play.
On the day before the funeral, the coffin will be moved to Chapel of St Mary Undercroft in the Palace of Westminster. There will be a short service following its arrival. The coffin will rest in the Chapel overnight.
On the day itself, the streets will be cleared of traffic and the coffin will travel by hearse from the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft in the Palace of Westminster to the Church of St Clement Danes, the RAF Chapel, on the Strand.
At the Church the coffin will be transferred to a gun carriage drawn by the King’s Troop Royal Artillery. The coffin will then be borne in Procession from St Clement Danes to St Paul’s Cathedral. The route will be lined by tri-service military personnel.
The coffin will be met at St Paul’s Cathedral by a guard of honour. Tri-service personnel and Pensioners of the Royal Hospital Chelsea will line the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral.
The coffin will be borne into and out of the Cathedral by a tri-service bearer party.
The guest list for St Paul’s will include family and friends of Lady Thatcher, those who worked with her over the years, including members of her Cabinets when she was Prime Minister, and representatives from a range of groups she was associated with. The Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister will attend and the Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet will be invited.
Flags will be flown at half mast at Downing Street today and tomorrow, and will be again on the day of the funeral.
Information for the public
Lady Thatcher’s family have asked that, if people wish to pay their respects, they consider making a donation to the Royal Hospital Chelsea, rather than laying flowers. Details of how to do so available on the Royal Hospital Chelsea website.
The public will be unable to attend the funeral service itself but can line the route of the funeral procession from the RAF Church in the Strand to St Paul’s Cathedral.
Further details will be made available in due course.
A great lady and a great leader. She didn't always get it right but she DID get it done!
Shame there is no one around today with her balls!
I remember a `Senior` of my dept at HQ Strike being called in to explain to her (personally) why the VIP HS125s at Northolt had been painted in a particularly drab colour (for Gulf1). I suspect it was a one sided conversation.
RIP
Shame there is no one around today with her balls!
I remember a `Senior` of my dept at HQ Strike being called in to explain to her (personally) why the VIP HS125s at Northolt had been painted in a particularly drab colour (for Gulf1). I suspect it was a one sided conversation.
RIP
RIP Lady Thatcher.
I had the great pleasure to meet you at the Waddington Airshow in 2007 (25 years since Op BLACK BUCK) and even in your twilight years you still had the power to inspire.
I am only sad that we had to lose you to that needleneck John Major who wanted to turn us into a nation of shopkeepers - we can't go around cutting each other's hair!
You brought the country back from the 'Winter of Discontent', you started the Northern Ireland Peace Process, you got the Falklands back from a Junta (although in fairness you should never have left them defenceless), you broke the back of the idiotic Unions (apart from modern idiots like Bob Crowe), you basically delivered a modern Britain to be proud of from a 'Hospital Pass' from Callaghan and a string of other weak individuals.
Yes, you made mistakes (like Poll Tax and some of the privatisation), but they were never outweighed by the good things you did. You showed true leadership, something that David Cameron and his side-kick Nick Clegg could learn from.
God bless you, Ma'am, you are 'True Blue' and I salute you...
LJ
I had the great pleasure to meet you at the Waddington Airshow in 2007 (25 years since Op BLACK BUCK) and even in your twilight years you still had the power to inspire.
I am only sad that we had to lose you to that needleneck John Major who wanted to turn us into a nation of shopkeepers - we can't go around cutting each other's hair!
You brought the country back from the 'Winter of Discontent', you started the Northern Ireland Peace Process, you got the Falklands back from a Junta (although in fairness you should never have left them defenceless), you broke the back of the idiotic Unions (apart from modern idiots like Bob Crowe), you basically delivered a modern Britain to be proud of from a 'Hospital Pass' from Callaghan and a string of other weak individuals.
Yes, you made mistakes (like Poll Tax and some of the privatisation), but they were never outweighed by the good things you did. You showed true leadership, something that David Cameron and his side-kick Nick Clegg could learn from.
God bless you, Ma'am, you are 'True Blue' and I salute you...
LJ
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As is often the case, the only sensible comments on the passing of our former Prime Minister are to be found here on the Mil forum.
A true leader, a truly decent human being and a true Brit!
God bless.
A true leader, a truly decent human being and a true Brit!
God bless.
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It is actually a pleasure to read this thread rather than the one in JetBlast. Even if you guys don't agree with what she did or how she did it, at least you haven't resorted to the blatant celebrations of her death that the others have. It's just rude and disrespectful whoever you are talking about.
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RIP, Mrs. T. One of the few politicians who really earned the title "Honourable", and the one true statesman (pardon the incorrect use of gender) that this country has had since Churchill.
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Were she, or someone of her calibre, running the UK today I would be proud to carry a British passport. It was ironic that it was during her tenure of power that I had to take a South African passport.
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Sad news for the Country, her family and me.
Shame on Gerry Adams, Neil Kinnock and Clare Short who have all had a dig today -
Even I could find it within myself to recognise the contribution these churlish people have made in their own way - why can't they?
Grrrr
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Shame on Gerry Adams, Neil Kinnock and Clare Short who have all had a dig today -
Even I could find it within myself to recognise the contribution these churlish people have made in their own way - why can't they?Grrrr
CPL Clott
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A very sad day, and the loss of someone I had huge respect for.
Growing up in a a strike filled three day candle lit week Britain, Mrs Thatcher brought true leadership and belief to Britain IMHO. Later in my army days I trusted her bulldog judgement, and knew that even Reagan valued her opinion too.........since her retirement as prime minister I have seen the UK almost always as the lap dog of the Americans.
RIP
Growing up in a a strike filled three day candle lit week Britain, Mrs Thatcher brought true leadership and belief to Britain IMHO. Later in my army days I trusted her bulldog judgement, and knew that even Reagan valued her opinion too.........since her retirement as prime minister I have seen the UK almost always as the lap dog of the Americans.
RIP
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RIP the iron lady. Her decimation of British industries hit my family hard and kept us in poverty but she was a leader of enormous stature. Modern leaders bear no comparison.
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Was in Bahrain, 1990, as we worked up towards GW1, when we heard of her decision to stand down. I can confirm that we were all pretty shocked at first and then dismayed. Dare I mention that some were close to tears?
Today's politicians don't even come close.
RIP.
Today's politicians don't even come close.
RIP.
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"Sad news for the Country, her family and me.
Shame on Gerry Adams, Neil Kinnock and Clare Short who have all had a dig today -
Even I could find it within myself to recognise the contribution these churlish people have made in their own way - why can't they?
Grrrr
CPL Clott"
I'll tell you why Clotty - because those snivelling lickspittles have no shred of human decency, no sense of what it is to belong to a community that's trying to "build" something. No, they are just a bunch of gainsayers who are not fit to be mentioned in the same sentence as the late Mrs T. Bloody Facebook is full of comments about "that f*****g woman" and how they want to "p**s on her grave". Let them shout, because those of us that were there, and those of us who went into harms way, and those of us who have any sort of balanced perspective understand that without her this country would have been in a way worse state than the parlous state we find ourselves in today. So, do you know what chap - let's rise abve the vile and the vitriol and just feel a quiet warmth that we experienced at first hand someone who really believed in what they were doing, not the self serving bunch of sychophants we have now - of all stripes. Mrs T - God Speed; I'm sure Dennis will have a snifter ready for you when you get there. CB.
Shame on Gerry Adams, Neil Kinnock and Clare Short who have all had a dig today -
Even I could find it within myself to recognise the contribution these churlish people have made in their own way - why can't they?Grrrr
CPL Clott"
I'll tell you why Clotty - because those snivelling lickspittles have no shred of human decency, no sense of what it is to belong to a community that's trying to "build" something. No, they are just a bunch of gainsayers who are not fit to be mentioned in the same sentence as the late Mrs T. Bloody Facebook is full of comments about "that f*****g woman" and how they want to "p**s on her grave". Let them shout, because those of us that were there, and those of us who went into harms way, and those of us who have any sort of balanced perspective understand that without her this country would have been in a way worse state than the parlous state we find ourselves in today. So, do you know what chap - let's rise abve the vile and the vitriol and just feel a quiet warmth that we experienced at first hand someone who really believed in what they were doing, not the self serving bunch of sychophants we have now - of all stripes. Mrs T - God Speed; I'm sure Dennis will have a snifter ready for you when you get there. CB.
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Rt. Hon. Margaret Thatcher (RIP)
In my long life, I have lived under nine Popes and four Monarchs - but only two true Statesmen worthy of the name: Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher.
Requiem aeternam dona ea, Domine, Requiescat in Pace.
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Requiem aeternam dona ea, Domine, Requiescat in Pace.
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RiP, one of my political hero's, after Churchill but above Mikial Gorbachov, visionaries are always decried at the time, lionised in the telling of history. She achieved the impossible at the time from 1979 onwards, dragging the UK forward, away from the path it was set on.
She and Ronald Reagan slowly but surely helped to bring down the 'Iron Curtain' freeing the people of Eastern Europe, just look at the eulogies paid to her, even the Russians admire her.
She and Ronald Reagan slowly but surely helped to bring down the 'Iron Curtain' freeing the people of Eastern Europe, just look at the eulogies paid to her, even the Russians admire her.
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I remember (with honour and great pride!) carrying her very own 'bathroom facilities' into the middle of a German field (don't ask...!)
..... but shall always be indebted to her for introducing me to the delights of one of our far flung colonies via a cruise on another great British icon sadly also departed - the QE2.
RIP
..... but shall always be indebted to her for introducing me to the delights of one of our far flung colonies via a cruise on another great British icon sadly also departed - the QE2.
RIP