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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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