The funeral of former British premier Margaret Thatcher will be held on April 17, the UK government announced today, while undertakers removed the body of the ‘Iron Lady’ from the Ritz Hotel, where she died of a stroke at the age of 87.

The 'Iron-Lady' and former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher promoted male politicians she found attractive, even if they were ‘useless’, one of her ministers has claimed.

Her Chief Whip David

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and former U.S. president Ronald Reagan were an odd couple, as different in personality as chalk and cheese.

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