Who attended Margaret Thatcher’s funeral? List of guests.
Queen Elizabeth II has led mourners in St Paul's Cathedral in London at the funeral of Margaret Thatcher
Queen Elizabeth II has led mourners in St Paul’s Cathedral in London at the funeral of Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s longest serving prime minister of modern times.
More than 2,000 guests from around the world paid their last respects at the biggest such occasion since the Queen Mother’s funeral in 2002.
In total, two current heads of state, 11 serving prime ministers and 17 serving foreign ministers from around the world attended.
Notable absences were former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who could not attend due to ill health, and former US first lady Nancy Reagan, who was also unable to come.
Queen Elizabeth II has led mourners in St Paul’s Cathedral in London at the funeral of Margaret Thatcher
Invitees include:
Prime Minister David Cameron
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair and wife Cherie
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and wife Sarah
Former Prime Minister Sir John Major
Former South African President FW de Klerk
Former US Secretary of State and Nobel Peace laureate Dr. Henry Kissinger
Leader of the Opposition Ed Miliband
The first minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond
The first minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones
The first minister of Northern Ireland, Peter Robinson
Lord and Lady Archer
Chairman of the BBC Trust, Lord Patten
London Olympic chief, Lord Sebastian Coe
Margaret Thatcher’s former foreign policy adviser Lord Powell of Bayswater
Former Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
Former US Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne
London Mayor Boris Johnson
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe
Former Conservative minister Michael Portillo and wife Carolyn Eadie
Former Czech President Vaclav Klaus and current Prime Minister Petr Necas
US politician Newt Gingrich
US politician Ross Perot
Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard and his wife Janette
Advertising executive and former Conservative Party chairman Lord Saatchi
Conservative donor Lord Harris and Lady Harris
Conservative peer, Baroness Trumpington
Former Commons Speaker, Baroness Boothroyd
Conservative peer, Baroness Bottomley
Press baron, Lord Beaverbrook
Former first minister of Northern Ireland, Lord David Trimble
BBC director general, Lord Tony Hall
Political commentator Sir Robert Worcester
Conservative Sir Malcolm Rifkind
Former Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Menzies Campbell
Labour MP Frank Field
Labour MP Keith Vaz
Conservative MP Peter Lilley
Conservative Lord Sterling of Plaistow
Lady Annabel Goldsmith, the widow of Referendum Party founder Sir James Goldsmith
Businessman and UK Independence Party treasurer Stuart Wheeler
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti
Kuwait Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak al-Saba
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk
Crown Prince Pavlos and Princess Marie-Chantal of the Hellenes
Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmed Al Sabah, son of the ruler of Kuwait
Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis
Former Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad
Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir David Richards
Former head of the Army General Sir Mike Jackson
Field Marshal Lord Bramall
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Craig of Radley
General Sir Peter Wall
Field Marshal Sir John Chapple
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach
Major General Ed Davis
Vice Admiral Sir Roy Newman
Broadcaster Sir David Frost
Broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald
Broadcaster John Sargeant
Lyricist Sir Tim Rice
Actress June Whitfield
Actress Joan Collins
Broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan and Lady Wogan
Singer Dame Shirley Bassey
Broadcaster and journalist Jeremy Clarkson
Lord and Lady Lloyd Webber
Fashion designer Anya Hindmarch
Former Antiques Roadshow presenter Hugh Scully
Artist Michael Noakes
Writer William Shawcross
Lady Solti, the widow of conductor Sir Georg Solti
JCB chairman Sir Anthony Bamford
Senior civil servant Sir Alex Allan
Singer Katherine Jenkins
Web pioneer Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Broadcaster Andrew Neil
Actor Michael Crawford
Chef Marco Pierre White
Conservative Raymond Monbiot
Williams Formula 1 team boss Sir Frank Williams
Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre
Businessman Gerald Ronson and Dame Gail Ronson
Philip Woodhouse, Master of Grocers Hall
Michael Cox, Master of the Worshipful Company of Vintners
The Lord Grabiner QC, treasurer of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
Mark Wood, chairman of the NSPCC
Journalist Martyn Lewis
Businessman Sir David and Lady Tang
Stephen Boateng, of International Democrat Union
Former UK ambassador Sir Leonard Appleyard
Sir George Christie, chairman of Glyndebourne
Hotelier George Goring
Among those not attending:
Ronald Reagan’s widow Nancy is understood to be too frail to travel
Former US Presidents George Bush Sr. and George W. Bush
German Chancellor Angela Merkel did not attend and instead her government was represented by Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, due to health problems
Downing Street has confirmed that Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was not invited
Argentina’s ambassador to London, Alicia Castro, has declined her invitation
Lord Kinnock – former Labour leader of the opposition
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch was invited along with other newspaper proprietors but has indicated he will not be coming
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