Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher dies following a stroke

Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher has died.

Baroness Thatcher died this morning following a stroke, her spokesman Lord Bell said.

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Margaret Thatcher

Lord Bell said: “It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning.

“A further statement will be made later.”

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