Britain’s Iron Lady was laid to rest Wednesday following a service that paid tribute to a life marked with political controversy and a small but vocal protest along the procession route.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has arrived in London to attend the funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died last week at the age of 87.
A pre-dawn military rehearsal was held Monday in preparation for Margaret Thatcher's funeral, while officials announced the familiar bells of the Big Ben clock tower will be silenced for the actual event.
Hundreds of opponents of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher partied in London's Trafalgar Square to celebrate her death, sipping Champagne and chanting 'Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead.'
Opponents of the late Margaret Thatcher are taking a kind of musical revenge on the former prime minister, pushing the song "Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead" up the British charts in a posthumous protest over her polarizing policies.
British lawmakers returned early from an Easter recess Wednesday to pay tribute to former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, as preparations got underway for a funeral filled with military ceremony -- and security headaches.
A Taiwanese news station has apologized for airing footage of Queen Elizabeth II while reporting the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Margaret Thatcher was not just a political titan, she was a cultural icon - skewered by comedians, transformed into a puppet and played to Oscar-winning perfection by Meryl Streep.
Margaret Thatcher was known for her strength of personality as well as her rapier-sharp wit – which often pierced through in her speeches and public statements.
