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Baroness Thatcher funeral details emerge Lady Thatcher: Well-known hymns and poems for funeral
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The funeral of Baroness Thatcher, the first woman UK prime minister, will be along the same lines as those of Diana, Princess of Wales, and the Queen Mother. Well-known hymns and poems will mark next Wednesday's funeral of Baroness Thatcher, Downing Street says.
She has been awarded a ceremonial funeral with military honours - one step down from a state funeral - and the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh will attend. Latest details of the ceremony include the hymns He Who Would Valiant Be, I Vow to Thee My Country and Love Divine, All Loves Excelling.
It will take place on Wednesday at St Paul's Cathedral. The route of the procession has also been published. Readings will include Wordsworth's Intimations of Immortality and TS Eliot's Little Gidding.
Downing Street said Lady Thatcher had requested her body rest overnight in Parliament's Chapel of St Mary Undercroft, and the Queen had given her consent. Meanwhile, hundreds of people took part in a demonstration condemning Lady Thatcher in Trafalgar Square, London.
About 100 people will be invited to a short service on Tuesday evening led by the Dean of Westminster, which will be attended by her family, MPs and peers. Scotland Yard says nine people were arrested during the protest - five of them for being drunk and disorderly.
Those also invited include staff who worked closely with Lady Thatcher or who served her in some personal capacity, such as housekeepers who looked after her office in the Houses of Parliament. Chelsea link
Some details of her funeral have been released, although it is not yet known who will preside over the service or where the former Conservative leader - who died on Monday aged 87 after suffering a stroke - will be laid to rest. Fourteen Chelsea Pensioners will line the steps of St Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday as the cortege and military escort draw up to the sound of a half-muffled bell.
Then there is the issue of who will pay for it. Lady Thatcher, who died at the age of 87 on 8 April, had strong connections to the Royal Hospital Chelsea, home of the Pensioners, over the last 10 years. The Margaret Thatcher Infirmary opened there in 2009.
Lady Thatcher's estate will make a contribution - Downing Street says this was offered by her family. The coffin will be carried into and out of the cathedral by bearers from military units closely associated with the Falklands campaign.
The processional band will be a band of the Royal Marines and there will be a gun salute at the Tower of London.
Senior politicians and foreign heads of state will take their seats under the dome of St Paul's before members of the Thatcher family followed by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are escorted from the Great West Door.
In front of the coffin, her grandchildren Michael and Amanda Thatcher will carry cushions bearing the insignia of two orders she was appointed to - the Order of the Garter and the Order of Merit - and lay them on the Dome Altar.
At the foot of the lectern there will be arrangements of white lilies and greenery.
Amanda Thatcher and prime minister David Cameron will deliver the two readings from the King James Bible.
Downing Street said Lady Thatcher wanted the service to be "framed" by British music.
At the end of a service will come the patriotic hymn I Vow to Thee my Country, written by Cecil Spring-Rice to the music of Gustav Holst's Planets Suite.
Archbishop's blessing
The Bishop of London Richard Chartres will preach, and the blessing will be given by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.
The ticket-only funeral will be followed by a private cremation. Lady Thatcher's family have asked well-wishers to consider making a donation to the Royal Hospital Chelsea, rather than giving flowers.
Downing Street says Lady Thatcher's estate has offered to will make a contribution to the costs of the funeral.
It is not clear what proportion that will be, although it is likely to cover at least the regular parts of a funeral including transport, flowers and cremation.It is not clear what proportion that will be, although it is likely to cover at least the regular parts of a funeral including transport, flowers and cremation.
The more substantial costs, such as the planned military procession and the major security operation that will no doubt be needed, will fall to various government departments. The more substantial costs, such as the planned military procession and security, will fall to various government departments.
Downing Street will not give details of the costs until after the funeral because planning has been continuing. The guest list at St Paul's will include family and friends of Lady Thatcher and those who worked with her over the years, including members of her cabinets and representatives from a range of groups with which she was associated.
"The right thing to do is to set out the costs afterwards," said a Number 10 spokesman. Those also invited include staff who worked closely with Lady Thatcher or who served her in some personal capacity, such as housekeepers who looked after her office in the Houses of Parliament.
As Lady Thatcher's health deteriorated, the issue of whether she should be granted a state funeral - as wartime PM Winston Churchill was - grew increasingly controversial. Ten members of staff from the Ritz hotel, where Lady Thatcher died, have been invited.
However, it has emerged that she rejected the idea herself and also insisted she did not want her body to lie in state or money to be spent on a fly-past. It was also her wish that the armed forces play a key part.
BBC chief political correspondent Norman Smith said the event was in effect a state funeral because there would be a full military ceremony, the streets would be cleared and crucially the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh were going to attend.
The service at St Paul's will be attended by dignitaries and televised around the world.
The guest list will include family and friends of Lady Thatcher and those who worked with her over the years, including members of her cabinets and representatives from a range of groups with which she was associated.
Prime Minister David Cameron is to read a lesson and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will attend. The current cabinet, Labour leader Ed Miliband and the shadow cabinet will be invited.
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair and wife Cherie will be at the funeral and his successor, Gordon Brown, said he would be attending with wife Sarah. Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond will also attend.
Other invited guests from around the globe include former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and a representative of Nelson Mandela.Other invited guests from around the globe include former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and a representative of Nelson Mandela.
Ten members of staff from the Ritz hotel, where Lady Thatcher died, have been invited. She had been staying at the five-star hotel in London since Christmas. Lord and Lady Lloyd Webber, Lord and Lady Archer, Dame Shirley Bassey, the actress Joan Collins, Sir Terry Wogan and internet pioneer Sir Tim Berners-Lee will also be in attendance.
Other guests include Lord and Lady Lloyd Webber, Lord and Lady Archer, Dame Shirley Bassey, the actress Joan Collins, Sir Terry Wogan and internet pioneer Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Lady Thatcher has been awarded a ceremonial funeral with military honours - one step down from a state funeral.
Those who have confirmed they will not be attending include former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan's widow Nancy. As her health deteriorated in recent years, the issue of whether she should be granted a state funeral grew increasingly controversial.
It will also be the first time the Queen has attended the funeral of a British prime minister since that of Sir Winston Churchill in 1965. However, it has emerged that she rejected the idea herself and also insisted she did not want her body to lie in state or money to be spent on a fly-past. But it was also her wish that the armed forces play a key part.
It is not known whether the Archbishop of Canterbury will play a formal role in the service, which will be followed by a private cremation. The public will be not be able to attend the ticket-only service but can line the route of the procession. Tuesday service
It is understood that hymns will include I Vow to Thee My Country, To be a Pilgrim and Love Divine, All Loves Excelling. Downing Street said Lady Thatcher had requested her body rest overnight in Parliament's Chapel of St Mary Undercroft, and the Queen had given her consent.
Lady Thatcher's family have asked well-wishers to consider making a donation to the Royal Hospital Chelsea, rather than giving flowers. About 100 people will be invited to a short service on Tuesday evening led by the Dean of Westminster, which will be attended by her family, MPs and peers.
The Queen Mother was given a ceremonial funeral rather than a state one because it was her husband George VI who held the throne, although she did lie in state, a hallmark of a state funeral.
A 2013 House of Commons note on state funerals details some of the costs of the Queen Mother's ceremonial funeral in 2002.
On Wednesday, Lady Thatcher's coffin will travel by hearse to the Church of St Clement Danes - the Central Church of the Royal Air Force - on the Strand.On Wednesday, Lady Thatcher's coffin will travel by hearse to the Church of St Clement Danes - the Central Church of the Royal Air Force - on the Strand.
The coffin will then be transferred to a gun carriage drawn by the King's Troop Royal Artillery and taken in procession from St Clement Danes to St Paul's Cathedral. The route will be lined by military personnel from all three services.The coffin will then be transferred to a gun carriage drawn by the King's Troop Royal Artillery and taken in procession from St Clement Danes to St Paul's Cathedral. The route will be lined by military personnel from all three services.
It will be met at St Paul's by a guard of honour, and military personnel and pensioners of the Royal Hospital Chelsea will line the cathedral steps. The coffin will be carried into and out of the cathedral by bearers from military units closely associated with the Falklands campaign.
The processional band will be a band of the Royal Marines and there will be a gun salute at the Tower of London.
The Ministry of Defence says 700 armed forces personnel will be involved in the funeral. They include members of the Welsh Guards, which suffered some of the heaviest losses during the Falklands War.
The Metropolitan Police acknowledges the "potential for protest" but says it will want to ensure the wishes of those paying their respects will be upheld.The Metropolitan Police acknowledges the "potential for protest" but says it will want to ensure the wishes of those paying their respects will be upheld.
The force wants to speak to anyone who plans to protest so their right to do so can be maintained.
The Met says it is too early to say how many officers will deployed but no more police leave for the day will be granted.