Broadcast is over.
MOSCOW, April 17 (RIA Novosti) - At 12 p.m. Moscow time on April 17, EN.RIA.RU will start a live broadcast of the ceremony to bid the final farewell to former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
After the solemn ceremony with full military honors, Thatcher’s body will be cremated. Thatcher’s burial will not have the status of a state funeral although it will involve events similar to those held during royal funerals.
Margaret Thatcher was Britain’s only female prime minister. She died of a stroke on April 8, 2013 aged 87.
