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MARGARET THATCHER exploded with fury when it was suggested that she be excluded from the unveiling of the Falklands memorial at St Paul’s Cathedral, newly published documents show.
The then prime minister is said to have responded “explosively” on being told that there would not be room for her in the cathedral’s crypt for the 1985 unveiling by the Queen.
An exchange of memos and letters released by the Margaret Thatcher Archive Trust begins with a warning from the Church of England that due to ecclesiastical protocol and limited space the sheer number of clerics and royals present would mean no politicians could be invited.
The Tory conference was a pseudo-sacred affair, with devotees paying homage in front of Thatcher’s old shrouds — and your reporter, initially barred, only need mention he’d once met her to gain access. But would she consider what was on offer a worthy legacy, asks ANDREW MURRAY
HEIDI NORMAN welcomes a new history of the Aboriginal resistance to white settlers in New South Wales
LYNNE WALSH tells the story of the extraordinary race against time to ensure London’s memorial to the International Brigades got built – as activists gather next week to celebrate the monument’s 40th anniversary
