Thursday 11 April 2013

Baroness Thatcher funeral invitation list released

Flowers and mementos left by members of the public and admirers sit outside the home of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 
Downing Street has released an initial list of invitations to Baroness Thatcher's funeral next Wednesday.

All surviving US presidents and British prime ministers are on the guest list, as well as a representative of the Reagan family.

More than 2,000 invitations are expected to be printed today and sent out tomorrow (Friday April 12). Altogether 2,300 people are set to pack St Paul's.
The Queen, Tony Blair, Hillary Clinton
  • The Queen
  • All surviving former prime ministers
  • All surviving former US presidents and a Reagan family representative
  • All surviving members of Lady Thatcher’s Cabinets
  • The current Cabinet
  • Ed Miliband, as the lead of Her Majesty's opposition
  • Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission
  • Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
  • Tony Blair and Cherie Blair
  • Sir Bernard and Lady Ingham
  • Author and former Tory MP Geoffrey Archer
  • Former Tory minister Michael Portillo
  • Lord Powell of Bayswater, Margaret Thatcher's former private secretary
  • Lord Carrington, Thatcher's first foreign secretary
  • A representative of Nelson Mandela
  • FW de Klerk, the last president of apartheid-era South Africa
  • Former Prime Minister Mahathir of Malaysia
  • Stephen Harper, Canadian prime minister
  • Brian Mulrooney, former Canadian prime minister
  • Author Fredrick Forsyth
  • Composer Lord (Andrew) Lloyd Webber
  • Singer Dame Shirley Bassey
  • Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson   
 Source : itv

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