INQUIRER.net: Thatcher’s coffin makes final visit to parliament

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Thatcher's coffin makes final visit to parliament Apr 17th 2013, 00:00 LONDON—The coffin of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher was on Tuesday taken to the Houses of Parliament, which she dominated for more than a decade, on the eve of her funeral.   Dressed with the British flag and a large bouquet of white flowers with a card reading "Beloved Mother—Always in our Hearts," her coffin was laid on a black bier and flanked by two lit white candles in the Palace of Westminster's crypt chapel.   As Thatcher requested, her body will spend the last night before her funeral in parliament, where she served for more than half a century in both the lower and upper houses.   Her coffin will be taken from the chapel ... Keep on reading: Thatcher’s coffin makes final visit to parliament Media files: Thatcher-funeral.jpg (image/jpeg)

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