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Margaret Thatcher: Condolence Book Available

Government House noted that the funeral for former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has now been set for next Wednesday [Apr 17], and said a Condolence Book will be available for signature at Government House until that date. The longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century and the only woman to have held the office, Margaret Thatcher... Read more of this article

Former Bermuda Governor On Thatcher’s Legacy

Former Bermuda Governor Lord Waddington — who served as Home Secretary in the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s Cabinet — said the “Iron Lady” of UK politics was “not an easy person to work with. On most matters she was convinced she was right; [and] she usually was.” The longest-serving British... Read more of this article

Sir John Swan, George H.W Bush On Thatcher

Stressing the importance of the Western allies to stay “in close touch in these times of dramatic change in Europe”, the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher met with US President George H.W. Bush at a Bermuda “Big Two” summit conference in April, 1990 to discuss the ongoing implosion of the Soviet Union. Baroness Thatcher,... Read more of this article

Premier: ‘Baroness Thatcher Was A Trail-Blazer’

“On behalf of the people of Bermuda, allow me to express our heartfelt condolences at the passing of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher,” Premier Craig Cannonier said last night. “Lady Thatcher was a friend of Bermuda throughout her 11 years as Prime Minister, most notably for the support she provided behind the scenes... Read more of this article

Union Flag & Bermuda Flag To Fly At Half-Mast

Union Flags and Bermuda Flags will be flown at half-mast on Government buildings for the remainder of today [Apr 8] and tomorrow following the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Government House announced today. Governor George Fergusson said, “For a whole generation, Lady Thatcher defined British politics and her remarkable... Read more of this article

Dame Jennifer On Passing Of Margaret Thatcher

Speaking about the passing of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher today [Apr 8], former Premier Dame Jennifer Smith recalled meeting the “Iron Lady” when she came to Bermuda in 2001, saying they “shared the practice of canvassing in heels and a love of champagne.” Baroness Thatcher died at the age of 87 following... Read more of this article

Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Dies

[Updated] Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher — dubbed “The Iron Lady” by the Soviet Union for her ferocious opposition to communism in the 1970s and ’80s — has died at the age of 87, the BBC reports this morning [Apr. 8]. She paid two well-publicised visits to the island — the first as Prime Minister... Read more of this article