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| Lady Thatcher: Well-known hymns and poems for funeral | Lady Thatcher: Well-known hymns and poems for funeral |
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| Well-known hymns and poems will mark Baroness Thatcher's funeral on Wednesday, Downing Street says. | Well-known hymns and poems will mark Baroness Thatcher's funeral on Wednesday, Downing Street says. |
| Details of the ceremony have been published, including the hymns To Be A Pilgrim, I Vow to Thee My Country and Love Divine, All Loves Excelling. | Details of the ceremony have been published, including the hymns To Be A Pilgrim, I Vow to Thee My Country and Love Divine, All Loves Excelling. |
| The order of service features Wordsworth's Intimations of Immortality and TS Eliot's Little Gidding. | |
| Meanwhile, the Bishop of Grantham - where Lady Thatcher was born - called the scale of the event a "mistake". | Meanwhile, the Bishop of Grantham - where Lady Thatcher was born - called the scale of the event a "mistake". |
| Speaking to BBC Lincolnshire, the Rt Rev Dr Tim Ellis said the ceremonial funeral was "asking for trouble" and should be "more low-key and personal", because people would use the event for their own political agenda. | Speaking to BBC Lincolnshire, the Rt Rev Dr Tim Ellis said the ceremonial funeral was "asking for trouble" and should be "more low-key and personal", because people would use the event for their own political agenda. |
| In other developments: | In other developments: |
| Chelsea link | Chelsea link |
| Lady Thatcher, who died at the age of 87 on 8 April, has been awarded a ceremonial funeral with military honours, one step down from a state funeral. | Lady Thatcher, who died at the age of 87 on 8 April, has been awarded a ceremonial funeral with military honours, one step down from a state funeral. |
| It has been reported she herself 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 the armed forces play a key part in the ceremony. | It has been reported she herself 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 the armed forces play a key part in the ceremony. |
| On Wednesday, the former prime minister'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, the former prime minister's coffin will travel by hearse to the Church of St Clement Danes - the Central Church of the Royal Air Force - on the Strand. |
| It 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 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. |
| Fourteen Chelsea Pensioners, aged from 65 to 90, 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. | Fourteen Chelsea Pensioners, aged from 65 to 90, 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. |
| The coffin will be carried into and out of the cathedral by bearers from military units closely associated with the Falklands campaign. | The coffin will be carried into and out of the cathedral by bearers from military units closely associated with the Falklands campaign. |
| The occasion will be marked by a processional band of the Royal Marines and a gun salute at the Tower of London. | The occasion will be marked by a processional band of the Royal Marines and 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. | 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, Lady Thatcher's grandchildren Michael and Amanda Thatcher will lay cushions bearing the insignia of two orders she was appointed to - the Order of the Garter and the Order of Merit - on the Dome Altar. | In front of the coffin, Lady Thatcher's grandchildren Michael and Amanda Thatcher will lay cushions bearing the insignia of two orders she was appointed to - the Order of the Garter and the Order of Merit - on the Dome Altar. |
| Amanda Thatcher and Prime Minister David Cameron will deliver two readings from the King James Bible. | Amanda Thatcher and Prime Minister David Cameron will deliver two readings from the King James Bible. |
| St Paul's Cathedral has now published a full funeral programme. | St Paul's Cathedral has now published a full funeral programme. |
| Downing Street said Lady Thatcher wanted the service to be "framed" by British music. | Downing Street said Lady Thatcher wanted the service to be "framed" by British music. |
| It will include compositions by Henry Purcell, Gustav Holst, John Ireland, Herbert Howells, Edward Elgar, Frank Bridge, Charles Stanford, Hubert Parry and Ralph Vaughan Williams - as well as Johannes Brahms, Gabriel Faure and Johann Sebastian Bach. | It will include compositions by Henry Purcell, Gustav Holst, John Ireland, Herbert Howells, Edward Elgar, Frank Bridge, Charles Stanford, Hubert Parry and Ralph Vaughan Williams - as well as Johannes Brahms, Gabriel Faure and Johann Sebastian Bach. |
| The Bishop of London Richard Chartres will preach, and the blessing will be given by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. | The Bishop of London Richard Chartres will preach, and the blessing will be given by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby. |
| The invitation-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. | The invitation-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 make a contribution to the costs of the funeral. | Downing Street says Lady Thatcher's estate has offered to make a contribution to the costs of the funeral. |
| 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. |