Margaret Thatcher Ronald Reagan Funeral
Below is the text of margaret thatchers eulogy at the funeral of former president ronald reagan.
Margaret thatcher ronald reagan funeral. Margaret thatcher the prime minister of great britain expresses great sorrow in her eulogy to former president ronald reagan. On 23 march she announced the cancellation of her planned speaking engagements and that she would accept no more. Her eulogy to president reagan was written and filmed several months before his death.
Thatcher predominately uses pathos rhetoric to accomplish reagan successful presidency especially in a time of great trials in america during the cold war. We talked regularly both before and after his presidency and ive had time and cause to reflect on what made him a great president. As prime minister i worked closely with ronald reagan for eight of the most important years of all our lives.
Ronald reagan mikhail gorbachev and margaret thatcher were the three dominant figures of the 1980s. Eulogy for ronald reagan by lady margaret thatcher mrs. Eulogy to president ronald reagan delivered or rather pre recorded and shown by the former uk prime minister margaret thatcher at his state funeral in was.
Ronald reagan knew his own mind. He had firm principles and i believe right ones. But despite her illness she pre recorded a eulogy for the funeral of ronald reagan in june 2004 and attended her 80th birthday celebration.
The coffin resting in the crypt chapel of st mary undercroft beneath the houses of parliament on the eve of her funeral on april 16. Margaret thatcher passed away on april 8 2013 aged 87. And i have lost a dear friend.
Thatchers health did not permit her to speak at ronald reagans funeral service. At the very least he will be one of the most prominent in the second division. Thatcher suffered several small strokes in 2002 and was advised by her doctors not to engage in any more public speaking.