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Rupert Murdoch gives £10,000 to Thatcher charity Rupert Murdoch gives £10,000 to Thatcher charity
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Rupert Murdoch has made a £10,000 donation to a charity in memory of Margaret Thatcher, whom he described as an "inspiration" following her death.Rupert Murdoch has made a £10,000 donation to a charity in memory of Margaret Thatcher, whom he described as an "inspiration" following her death.
The media mogul, who was not at her funeral on Wednesday, gave the money to the Chelsea Pensioners Appeal, which was nominated by the Thatcher family for "in memoriam" gifts.The media mogul, who was not at her funeral on Wednesday, gave the money to the Chelsea Pensioners Appeal, which was nominated by the Thatcher family for "in memoriam" gifts.
Instead of flowers, the Thatcher family asked for donations to be sent to the charity, with whom she had a close association and so far more than £50,000 has been raised.Instead of flowers, the Thatcher family asked for donations to be sent to the charity, with whom she had a close association and so far more than £50,000 has been raised.
Murdoch gave the money via the Just Giving website on Thursday, writing "In memory of Margaret Thatcher, who changed Britain and the world for the better".Murdoch gave the money via the Just Giving website on Thursday, writing "In memory of Margaret Thatcher, who changed Britain and the world for the better".
He had been invited to the funeral but could not make it because of a longstanding commitment, the company said.He had been invited to the funeral but could not make it because of a longstanding commitment, the company said.
But on Twitter he bid goodbye to the woman who was considered his ideological soulmate and who supported his efforts to smash the print unions in Wapping in 1986.But on Twitter he bid goodbye to the woman who was considered his ideological soulmate and who supported his efforts to smash the print unions in Wapping in 1986.
"Farewell Iron Lady," he wrote. "Great radical achieved huge changes, but still much to do," he tweeted."Farewell Iron Lady," he wrote. "Great radical achieved huge changes, but still much to do," he tweeted.
Immediately after her death, Murdoch paid tribute to Thatcher, saying that she was responsible for many of his "defining moments as a businessman" in Britain.Immediately after her death, Murdoch paid tribute to Thatcher, saying that she was responsible for many of his "defining moments as a businessman" in Britain.
"I found her attitude an inspiration to my business life – and never more so than when faced with the recalcitrance of the print unions in the 1980s," he wrote in the Times."I found her attitude an inspiration to my business life – and never more so than when faced with the recalcitrance of the print unions in the 1980s," he wrote in the Times.
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