State funeral, but no fly-past for Maggie... and she 'does not want the public filing past her coffin'

Plans are in place to honour Baroness Thatcher with a state funeral, but the public will not be allowed to pay their respects when she lies in state.


Funeral arrangements for the former Conservative prime minister will also include a ceremony at St Paul’s Cathedral with a concert orchestra playing works by Edward Elgar. 

A procession from Westminster to St Paul’s – the site of a left-wing protest camp – will require a major police presence.


However, it is understood that the Iron Lady, who presided over the Falklands War in 1982, does not want a military fly-past.     Read More