Some suggest that it was the queen mother who passed away in 2002 who was the royal familys biggest advocate of margaret thatchers hard right politics rather than the queen who british historian ben pimlott once said is in her own way a bit of a leftie.

Margaret thatcher and the queen. It was long pause pained expression. The latter allied with ronald. Queen elizabeth ii was 27 years into her reign and for the first time in history the country was.

It was may 1979 and margaret thatcher had just been elected as prime minister of great britain. When queen elizabeth first meets margaret thatcher in the crown shes excited about the opportunity to connect with her first woman prime ministerbut any hope that theyll have a unique bond. Prime minister margaret thatcher and her husband denis left rear in crathie where they joined the queen and the royal family for morning service at the parish church during a stay at balmoral.

Thatcher and elizabeth were born six months apart. But in the case of margaret thatcher and queen elizabeth. While thatcher was born into a modest family who lived in an apartment above the grocery store they ran and queen elizabeth ii was of course.