--- title: The Queen, David Cameron and 2,000 Others Attend Margaret Thatcher’s Funeral description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/archive/7182781/the-queen-david-cameron-and-2000-others-attend-margaret-thatchers-funeral/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2013-04-17T16:46:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-18T07:05:32.065Z article:section: Politics og:title: The Queen, David Cameron and 2,000 Others Attend Margaret Thatcher’s Funeral og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. 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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75157c6938ab5d91/698a9dbadb298785fe272f20/166796788.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) # The Queen, David Cameron and 2,000 Others Attend Margaret Thatcher’s Funeral by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) Apr 17, 2013 4:46 PM UTC  LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 17: The Bearer Party made up of personnel from the three branches of the military stand alongside the coffin of British former prime minister Margaret Thatcher on a gun carriage to be drawn by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery during her ceremonial funeral, at the Church of St Clement Danes on April 17, 2013 in London, England. Dignitaries from around the world today join Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh as the United Kingdom pays tribute to former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher during a Ceremonial funeral with military honours at St Paul's Cathedral. Lady Thatcher, who died last week, was the first British female Prime Minister and served from 1979 to 1990\. (Photo by Carl Court - WPA Pool/Getty Images) LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 17: The Bearer Party made up of personnel from the three branches of the military stand alongside the coffin of British former prime minister Margaret Thatcher on a gun carriage to be drawn by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery during her ceremonial funeral, at the Church of St Clement Danes on April 17, 2013 in London, England. Dignitaries from around the world today join Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh as the United Kingdom pays tribute to former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher during a Ceremonial funeral with military honours at St Paul's Cathedral. Lady Thatcher, who died last week, was the first British female Prime Minister and served from 1979 to 1990\. (Photo by Carl Court - WPA Pool/Getty Images)Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) Apr 17, 2013 4:46 PM UTC The Queen, British Prime Minister David Cameron and more than 2,000 dignitaries pay their last respects to Baroness Thatcher at St Paul’s Cathedral on Wednesday. **Related Content:**[At Margaret Thatcher’s Funeral, an Elegy on Decline and Fall ](http://world.time.com/2013/04/17/death-and-taxes-inside-margaret-thatchers-funeral/)[Margaret Thatcher’s Funeral: Protesters and Supporters Line Procession Route ](http://world.time.com/2013/04/17/margaret-thatchers-funeral-protesters-and-supporters-line-procession-route/)[Margaret Thatcher’s Funeral: VIP Guests and Angry Protesters Gather in London](http://world.time.com/2013/04/16/planning-and-protests-on-the-eve-of-thatchers-funeral/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7182781/the-queen-david-cameron-and-2000-others-attend-margaret-thatchers-funeral/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7182781/the-queen-david-cameron-and-2000-others-attend-margaret-thatchers-funeral/"},"headline":"The Queen, David Cameron and 2,000 Others Attend Margaret Thatcher’s Funeral","datePublished":"2013-04-17T16:46:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-18T07:05:32.065Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/archive/7182781/the-queen-david-cameron-and-2000-others-attend-margaret-thatchers-funeral/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75157c6938ab5d91/698a9dbadb298785fe272f20/166796788.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75157c6938ab5d91/698a9dbadb298785fe272f20/166796788.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Ceremonial Funeral Of Former British Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher","caption":"The Ceremonial Funeral Of Former British Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7182781/the-queen-david-cameron-and-2000-others-attend-margaret-thatchers-funeral/","name":"The Queen, David Cameron and 2,000 Others Attend Margaret Thatcher’s Funeral"}}]}] ```