Margaret Thatcher To Be Buried Next Week

Downing Street has announced that the remains of the former first British Prime Minister, late Margaret Thatcher, will be burried on Wednesday, 17 April, 2013. The 87-year-old former prime minister died on Monday, after suffering a series of strokes.

The funeral ceremony, with full military honours, will take place at London's St Paul's Cathedral, following a procession from Westminster.

Queen Elizabeth, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, will attend the service, Buckingham Palace said.

Lady Thatcher will not have a state funeral but will be accorded the same status as Princess Diana and the Queen Mother.

Meanwhile in his condolence message, United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, described the late baroness as pioneering leader and great model whose leadership would be missed by all.

“We will miss her great leadership. She was a pioneering leader for her contribution to peace and security, particularly at the height of the Cold War,” the Secretary-General told journalists.

“She was also a great model as the first woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, who not only demonstrated her leadership but has given such great hope for many women for equality, gender equality in Parliament,” Mr. Ban continued.

“We will owe a great deal to her leadership,” he said, adding that Ms. Thatcher’s leadership “will inspire many people around the world for peace and security and human rights.”

In November 1989, Ms. Thatcher addressed the UN General Assembly for the last time in her official capacity as prime minister. She focused her speech on the global environment and the need to preserve air, water and land.

“We know more clearly than ever before that we carry common burdens, face common problems, and must respond with common action,” Ms. Thatcher had said. “It is life itself – human life, the innumerable species of our planet – that we wantonly destroy. It is life itself that we must battle to preserve.”
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