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Thatcher (1993, p. 23) On 26 June 2003, Thatcher's husband, Sir Denis, died aged 88; his body was cremated on 3 July at Mortlake Crematorium in London. Final years (2003–2013) Arriving for the funeral of President Reagan in 2004 On 11 June 2004, Thatcher (against doctors' orders) attended the state funeral service for Ronald Reagan. She delivered her eulogy via videotape; in view of her ...
May 7, 2024 · Apartheid was a policy in South Africa that governed relations between the white minority and nonwhite majority during the 20th century. Formally established in 1948, it sanctioned racial segregation and political and economic discrimination against nonwhites. Apartheid legislation was largely repealed in the early 1990s.
Apr 9, 2013 · Margaret Thatcher was not just a highly controversial figure on the British Left, and in the history of Britain’s relations with Europe. As Prime Minister, she proved equally controversial within the Commonwealth for her staunch opposition to the imposition of economic sanctions against apartheid South Africa.
Feb 14, 2022 · Britain was also motivated by its own economic and political interests. The Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher argued against sanctions of apartheid South Africa. The UK government vetoed a UN resolution to impose sanctions in 1986, in a similar stance to Ronald Reagan’s administration in the USA. Britain argued that sanctions would ...
Mar 1, 2024 · Mulroney publicly clashed with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in July of 1986. Thatcher opposed imposing economic penalties on South Africa, describing sanctions as "immoral" and ...
Nov 13, 2018 · The fact is that the South African government and particularly its leader at the time (PW Botha), had no sense of the importance of international relations to the country, no realisation of the particular importance of Maggie Thatcher and the Brits, to South Africa at that time. Of course, British business was deeply engaged in South Africa.
Sep 7, 2009 · Former British Prime Minster Margaret Thatcher's better half, Denis, often courted controversy during her 11-year tenure. Months after Thatcher's election in 1979, and as apartheid was in effect, Denis defended a British Lions rugby tour of South Africa.
