It will be the first time the Queen has attended the funeral of a British prime minister since Sir Winston Churchill's in 1965.
It was the biggest such occasion since the Queen Mother's funeral in 2002, and the College of Arms gave special instructions that flags on buildings belonging to central and local government should be flown at half-mast from dawn to dusk.
Some 400, 000 people lined the route of the Queen Mother's funeral procession through London on Friday and since then members of the public have queued almost non-stop at Westminster Hall.
Like the services for the Queen Mother in 2001, Diana in 1997, and the state funeral for wartime leader Winston Churchill in 1965, the coffin will be transported from Westminster to St.
She would also have been "humbled" by the Queen's decision to attend her funeral next Wednesday in St Paul's Cathedral, added Sir Mark.
His funeral was attended by the Queen, as was hers.
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It will be the first funeral of a British politician the Queen has attended since that of Sir Winston Churchill in 1965.
She was accorded a "ceremonial" style funeral with full military honors, similar to those of Diana, Princess of Wales and the Queen Mother.
His widow, Queen Monique, and the son in whose favour he abdicated, King Norodom Sihamoni, then lit the funeral pyre at the 15-storey-high purpose-built crematorium.
Lady Thatcher, who had been in poor health for several years, will not have a state funeral, but will be accorded the same status as Diana, Princess of Wales, and the Queen Mother.
The funeral ceremony will be along the same lines as those of Diana, Princess of Wales, and the Queen Mother.
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