Margaret Thatcher - Life in Pictures

Updated / Tuesday, 6 Dec 2016 11:13
Mrs Thatcher pictured the day after the day after the IRA bombed the Grand Hotel in Brighton in 1984
Mrs Thatcher pictured the day after the day after the IRA bombed the Grand Hotel in Brighton in 1984
British Conservative Party candidate for Dartford, Margaret Roberts (later Thatcher) with foreman bricklayer John Hayes during a canvassing tour of the constituency, 13 October 1951
British Conservative Party candidate for Dartford, Margaret Roberts (later Thatcher) with foreman bricklayer John Hayes during a canvassing tour of the constituency, 13 October 1951
The then Secretary of State for Education and Science Margaret Thatcher plays the piano for husband Denis and their 17 year-old twins Mark and Carol
The then Secretary of State for Education and Science Margaret Thatcher plays the piano for husband Denis and their 17 year-old twins Mark and Carol
Miss Margaret Roberts attending a garden party at Buckingham Palace, as a Conservative MP in 1950
Miss Margaret Roberts attending a garden party at Buckingham Palace, as a Conservative MP in 1950
British PM Edward Heath with 13 of the 15 newly elected Conservative women MPs outside the House of Commons in London in 1970
British PM Edward Heath with 13 of the 15 newly elected Conservative women MPs outside the House of Commons in London in 1970
Future prime minister Margaret Roberts with her fiance Denis Thatcher in October 1951
Future prime minister Margaret Roberts with her fiance Denis Thatcher in October 1951
French President Frantois Mitterrand and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher look different ways while posing in front of the Louvre Pyramid in Paris in 1989
French President Frantois Mitterrand and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher look different ways while posing in front of the Louvre Pyramid in Paris in 1989
Police and protestors at a demonstration against the Poll Tax, in Hackney, London on 8 March 1990
Police and protestors at a demonstration against the Poll Tax, in Hackney, London on 8 March 1990
Mrs Thatcher and her husband Denis visiting Stanley Junior School, in the Falkland Islands in 1983
Mrs Thatcher and her husband Denis visiting Stanley Junior School, in the Falkland Islands in 1983
Margaret Thatcher takes over from Edward Heath as the new leader of the Conservative Party
Margaret Thatcher takes over from Edward Heath as the new leader of the Conservative Party
(L-R) Japan Foreign Minister Saburo Okita, Canadian PM Pierre Elliott Trudeau, German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, Italian Premier Francesco Cossiga, US President Jimmy Carter, Margaret Thatcher and Roy Jenkins, Pr
(L-R) Japan Foreign Minister Saburo Okita, Canadian PM Pierre Elliott Trudeau, German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, Italian Premier Francesco Cossiga, US President Jimmy Carter, Margaret Thatcher and Roy Jenkins, Pr
Margaret Hilda Thatcher Conservative Prime Minister celebrating at the Tory Party Conference in 1985
Margaret Hilda Thatcher Conservative Prime Minister celebrating at the Tory Party Conference in 1985
Pope Benedict greets Mrs Thatcher during an address to the Civil Society in the Houses of Parliament in 2010
Pope Benedict greets Mrs Thatcher during an address to the Civil Society in the Houses of Parliament in 2010
Baroness Thatcher waves to photographers as she stands with David Cameron outside 10 Downing Street in 2010
Baroness Thatcher waves to photographers as she stands with David Cameron outside 10 Downing Street in 2010
Mrs Thatcher sits with Chelsea Pensioners ahead at the naming of the new Margaret Thatcher Infirmary at the Royal Chelsea Hospital in 2008
Mrs Thatcher sits with Chelsea Pensioners ahead at the naming of the new Margaret Thatcher Infirmary at the Royal Chelsea Hospital in 2008
When not engaged in her political work in Dartford where she is standing as Tory candidate, Miss Margaret Roberts is busy with her work as a research chemist (1950)
When not engaged in her political work in Dartford where she is standing as Tory candidate, Miss Margaret Roberts is busy with her work as a research chemist (1950)
Future British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher with her parents and sister, Muriel pictured in 1944
Future British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher with her parents and sister, Muriel pictured in 1944
Tributes outside Baroness Thatcher's home in London
Tributes outside Baroness Thatcher's home in London
Mrs Thatcher reaches out to touch the flag draped coffin of former President Ronald Reagan as he lies in state in 2004
Mrs Thatcher reaches out to touch the flag draped coffin of former President Ronald Reagan as he lies in state in 2004
Leaders of the European Community pose in Luxembourg before reaching the basis of a political agreement on Single European Act in 1985
Leaders of the European Community pose in Luxembourg before reaching the basis of a political agreement on Single European Act in 1985
Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev listens to Mrs Thatcher's speech in London on 6 April 1989
Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev listens to Mrs Thatcher's speech in London on 6 April 1989
Newly-appointed Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher addresses party members in 1975
Newly-appointed Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher addresses party members in 1975
Margaret Thatcher with former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald and (L-R) Peter Barry, Douglas Hurd, Dick Spring and Geoffrey Howe, prior to the Anglo Irish summit meeting at Chequers in 1984
Margaret Thatcher with former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald and (L-R) Peter Barry, Douglas Hurd, Dick Spring and Geoffrey Howe, prior to the Anglo Irish summit meeting at Chequers in 1984
European leaders at an EEC summit in Dublin in 1979 including Taoiseach Jack Lynch, French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing and Margaret Thatcher
European leaders at an EEC summit in Dublin in 1979 including Taoiseach Jack Lynch, French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing and Margaret Thatcher

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