Where is thatchers funeral taking place

The hearse passed the gates of Downing Street, Lady Thatcher's home address for many years. Once transferred to a gun carriage drawn by the King's Troop Royal Artillery, the coffin passed through streets lined with well-wishers.

Crowds watched in respectful silence as the procession made its way through the streets. The Queen attended the service with her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh. Lady Thatcher's son, Mark, arrived with his wife, Sarah. The flag at 10 Downing Street flew at half staff. Rewriting history: How UK might have been without Thatcher. A horse-drawn carriage earlier carried Thatcher's coffin through the heart of the British capital to St. Thatcher's coffin had lain overnight at a chapel at the Palace of Westminster and was taken by hearse to the Church of St.

As it traveled through the streets, both cheers and boos were heard from bystanders, reflecting the divisive legacy of the politician known as the "Iron Lady. The threat of demonstrations -- on top of fears that dissident Irish Republicans may try to act -- heightened security concerns around the funeral and more than 4, Metropolitan Police officers were placed on duty for the event.

Roads near St. Paul's Cathedral closed and buses were diverted from early Wednesday as part of the security operation. Margaret Thatcher's mixed legacy Mixed feelings over Thatcher funeral Controversial cost of Thatcher's funeral Blair on Thatcher: 'A towering figure' Many Britons blame Thatcher for creating soaring unemployment but supporters believe the tough reforms she pushed through transformed the British economy.

Thatcher: Revered and reviled, in death as in life. By am local time, supporters had crowded by the railings of the cathedral, some with folding chairs, and police stood on every few yards down the road to the cathedral. At Ludgate Circus, a crowd of about 50 protesters waved Socialist Worker placards, a sign reading "Anarchists Against Thatcher" and rainbow-hued "Peace" flags. Another held a sign demanding 'Where was her respect for Goldthorpe and the miners?

Protester Hilary Jones said Thatcher had been strident in her beliefs "and her beliefs were so at odds to a large chunk of the population. But Conservative Party activist Lionel Voke said he credited Thatcher with the success of his business. I accept that not everyone sees it the same way, but it's the same if Tony Blair died -- I wouldn't necessarily come, but I'd expect him to be treated with respect, and I'd want him to rest in peace. Ian Twinn said he had traveled from New York to mark the life-changing impact Thatcher had on him.

She had overcome hurdles and experienced many rebuffs, and applied herself to work with "formidable energy and passion", he said. Acknowledging her as a polarising figure, he told the congregation: "After the storm of a life led in the heat of political controversy, there is a great calm.

Lying here, she is one of us, subject to the common destiny of all human beings. Parliament held a frank debate last week — but here and today is neither the time nor the place. Here, at the funeral service, devoid of eulogies at Thatcher's own request, was a place "for the simple truths which transcend political debate.

Above all it is a place for hope. Earlier, the longest-serving prime minister of the 20th century had left parliament for the last time as a hearse took her body from the crypt chapel of St Mary Undercroft in the Palace of Westminster, where it rested last night, to the RAF church of St Clement Danes in the Strand. There was gentle clapping as the cortege, with police motorcycle escort, drove slowly through cordoned-off streets.

Big Ben fell silent. The cortege made its way went past the gates of Downing Street, her home for the 11 tumultuous years she held power and which she said goodbye to almost a quarter of a century ago, past Trafalgar Square, scene of the bitter poll tax demonstrations, and into the Strand.

Union flags and the national flags of the UK were lowered to half mast. The crowds were deep, and for the most part supportive. But there was booing, too. At Ludgate Circus, where several hundred protesters turned their backs on the coffin , there was a highly charged atmosphere with chanting of "what a waste of money" and "Tory scum", as heated exchanges broke out between demonstrators and Thatcher supporters.

The prime minister, David Cameron, had said the funeral was a "fitting tribute" to a major national figure, and urged the Iron Lady's political opponents to show respect during the event.