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After 30 years, Margaret Thatcher is still the Iron Lady

It is 30 years to the day since she became our first female Prime Minister.

And despite her increasingly frailty, Margaret Thatcher was determined to celebrate the occasion this weekend.

The 83-year-old Baroness's famously steely gaze was very much in evidence as she attended a dinner in Glasgow to honour her achievements.

It is one of a series of events which have been laid on to mark the anniversary of her election and the wave of change it brought with it.
Read entire article at Daily Mail (UK)