Lady Thatcher pays tribute to Falklands fallen
Dressed in black and wrapped in silent contemplation, Baroness Thatcher wiped away a tear at the Cenotaph as she remembered the dead of the Falklands War at the Battle Day ceremony.
Some in the 70-strong crowd of old soldiers and expatriate islanders had wondered whether, at the age of 82, the former prime minister would be strong enough to attend the ceremony organised by the Falkland Islands Association.
As always, the Iron Lady would not be deterred. Flanked by Admiral Lord West, the security minister who was commander of the frigate Ardent when it was sunk in the Falklands, she stood proudly as the bugle sounding Last Post mingled with the chimes of Big Ben announcing the eleventh hour.
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Some in the 70-strong crowd of old soldiers and expatriate islanders had wondered whether, at the age of 82, the former prime minister would be strong enough to attend the ceremony organised by the Falkland Islands Association.
As always, the Iron Lady would not be deterred. Flanked by Admiral Lord West, the security minister who was commander of the frigate Ardent when it was sunk in the Falklands, she stood proudly as the bugle sounding Last Post mingled with the chimes of Big Ben announcing the eleventh hour.