Baroness Thatcher dies peacefully at 87 ....The woman who transformed Britain

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The Conservative politician was the UK's first female Prime Minister serving from 1979 to 1990. Baroness Thatcher had been staying at the Ritz Hotel in Central London for several months and it is understood that she died there this morning. She will receive a ceremonial funeral with military honours at St Paul's Cathedral. Prime Minister David Cameron said: 'It was with great sadness that l learned of Lady Thatcher's death. We've lost a great leader, a great Prime Minister and a great Briton'. She was last pictured in public on October 13 last year, dressed in blue as she left her home in London for lunch on her 87th birthday.
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Iron Lady: Baroness Thatcher, who died today, was pictured on a bench in Battersea Park, London with her carers and a police officer

Home life: The former prime minister had spent recent Christmases without her children Carol (pictured with her mother) and Mark

 

 

Loved ones: Family was said to be essential in the life of Baroness Thatcher, who was mother to Carol and Sir Mark.

'Golden thread': Baroness Thatcher's husband Denis died in 2003 at the age of 88 after sufering heart problems and pancreatic cancer

 

Days gone by: The then Conservative Party leader is seen strolling through the grounds of Scotney Castle in Kent with husband Denis and their twins Mark and Carol in 1979