Prime Minister Petr Nečas (ODS) will attend the funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Wednesday, April 17 in London. Government spokesman Jan Hrubeš said this today. Former president Václav Klaus, a big admirer of “Iron Lady”, will fly with him to the funeral, said Petr Macinka of the Václav Klaus Institute.
The funeral will take place in St. Paul London, which can accommodate 2,300 people. It is said to be the country’s biggest ceremony since the death of World War II Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who died in 1965. Former Prime Minister Thatcher died in London on Monday. He is 87 years old.
Among other things, representatives of some 200 countries and organizations and more than 2,000 personalities, colleagues and friends of the “Iron Lady”, from former American presidents to composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, were invited to the funeral of the leading British politician.
According to the BBC, among the invitees were all living members of Margaret Thatcher’s government, former British prime minister and head of the opposition Labor Party, Ed Miliband. Queen Elizabeth II. he has confirmed his presence, as have Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, former Labor Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. On the other hand, the invited former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and the widow of former American President Ronald Reagan have announced that they will not be attending due to health reasons.
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