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| George Osborne sheds a tear during Margaret Thatcher's funeral | George Osborne sheds a tear during Margaret Thatcher's funeral |
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| An emotional George Osborne appeared to shed a tear during Lady Thatcher's funeral as the Rt Revd Richard Chartres, the bishop of London, delivered the address in St Paul's Cathedral. | An emotional George Osborne appeared to shed a tear during Lady Thatcher's funeral as the Rt Revd Richard Chartres, the bishop of London, delivered the address in St Paul's Cathedral. |
| The chancellor, whose father-in-law, Lord Howell of Guildford, was a member of Thatcher's first cabinet, admitted last week he had little personal connection with the late prime minister. But he did recall taking his young son to meet Thatcher for tea. Howell, a Foreign Office minister in the first two years of Cameron's government, also attended the funeral. | The chancellor, whose father-in-law, Lord Howell of Guildford, was a member of Thatcher's first cabinet, admitted last week he had little personal connection with the late prime minister. But he did recall taking his young son to meet Thatcher for tea. Howell, a Foreign Office minister in the first two years of Cameron's government, also attended the funeral. |
| Osborne, who was sitting with his wife. Frances, wrote in an article for the Times on the day after Thatcher's death that he had little connection with the late prime minister. But he said he managed to have a lively conversation with her when, as shadow chancellor, he sought inspiration from Iain Macleod, who was Thatcher's boss when he was shadow chancellor in the 1960s. | Osborne, who was sitting with his wife. Frances, wrote in an article for the Times on the day after Thatcher's death that he had little connection with the late prime minister. But he said he managed to have a lively conversation with her when, as shadow chancellor, he sought inspiration from Iain Macleod, who was Thatcher's boss when he was shadow chancellor in the 1960s. |
| Osborne wrote: "She lit up. Suddenly the words flowed. She had been a junior member of Macleod's Treasury team, she said; Macleod had divided the team into relay legs to keep the governing MPs of the Labour party up through the night; and she had led for the opposition in various successful assaults. | Osborne wrote: "She lit up. Suddenly the words flowed. She had been a junior member of Macleod's Treasury team, she said; Macleod had divided the team into relay legs to keep the governing MPs of the Labour party up through the night; and she had led for the opposition in various successful assaults. |
| "And she was flowing with advice to me: you can't spend what your country hasn't got; strong defence rests on a strong economy; in parliament, if you're not on the attack you're in retreat. Wow! I saw for myself for the first and only time why she had been such a force of political nature throughout my whole life." | "And she was flowing with advice to me: you can't spend what your country hasn't got; strong defence rests on a strong economy; in parliament, if you're not on the attack you're in retreat. Wow! I saw for myself for the first and only time why she had been such a force of political nature throughout my whole life." |
| Osborne later tweeted that is had been: "A moving, almost overwhelming day." |