We have lost a great president a great american and a great man.

Margaret thatcher ronald reagan funeral. The coffin resting in the crypt chapel of st mary undercroft beneath the houses of parliament on the eve of her funeral on april 16. But despite her illness she pre recorded a eulogy for the funeral of ronald reagan in june 2004 and attended her 80th birthday celebration. Ronald reagan knew his own mind.

Eulogy for ronald reagan by lady margaret thatcher mrs. We talked regularly both before and after his presidency and ive had time and cause to reflect on what made him a great president. Margaret thatcher passed away on april 8 2013 aged 87.

Some of the early international tributes to reagan included those of queen elizabeth ii former british prime minister margaret thatcher former soviet union leader mikhail gorbachev also attending the funeral british prime minister tony blair former canadian prime minister brian mulroney canadian prime minister paul martin and french president jacques chirac. Thatchers health did not permit her to speak at ronald reagans funeral service. Margaret thatcher the prime minister of great britain expresses great sorrow in her eulogy to former president ronald reagan.

And i have lost a dear friend. Her eulogy to president reagan was written and filmed several months before his death. On 23 march she announced the cancellation of her planned speaking engagements and that she would accept no more.

Below is the text of margaret thatchers eulogy at the funeral of former president ronald reagan. History may well place the man who was sometimes unkindly called the acting president in the first rank of those who have occupied the white house. As prime minister i worked closely with ronald reagan for eight of the most important years of all our lives.

At the very least he will be one of the most prominent in the second division. Thatcher predominately uses pathos rhetoric to accomplish reagan successful presidency especially in a time of great trials in america during the cold war.