Margaret Thatcher With The Queen
Ahead of a meeting of the commonwealth states queen elizabeth tries to convince thatcher to sign a declaration censuring south africas racist apartheid policies.
Margaret thatcher with the queen. But in the case of margaret thatcher and queen elizabeth. Queen elizabeth ii margaret thatcher prince philip and lady mountbatten at the unveiling of the tribute statue to lord mountbatten november 1983. Media far too often gives in to the temptation to pit two powerful women against each other even if theres little evidence of a dispute.
The queen and margaret thatcher were very different women with dissimilar backgrounds who had to unite during what is now seen as one of recent historys most turbulent periods. Born margaret hilda roberts in grantham england on october 13 1925 thatcher was just six months older than princess elizabeth alexandra mary who was born in london on april 21 1926. But any hope that theyll have a unique bond.
Margaret thatcher died in 2013 and unusually the queen made the personal decision to attend former prime ministers funeral just as she had after the death of winston churchill. Prime minister margaret thatcher and her husband denis left rear in crathie where they joined the queen and the royal family for morning service at the parish church during a stay at balmoral. Denis thatcher got on well with the queen mother enjoyed a drink as much as she did and was punctilious about royal protocol.
This went some way toward making the annual balmoral visits easier. Some suggest that it was the queen mother who passed away in 2002 who was the royal familys biggest advocate of margaret thatchers hard right.