Surprisingly, a close friend of Lady Thatcher said she would have considered the insults and the street parties being organised to mark her death as a 'remarkable tribute'.

令人惊讶的是，撒切尔夫人的一位亲密朋友说，撒切尔夫人早已料到在她死后会有这些侮辱和街头庆祝活动。

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Lord Bell, her spokesman, said: "it is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning."

撒切尔夫人的发言人贝尔表示：“马克和卡罗尔·撒切尔很悲伤地宣布，他们的母亲在今天早晨因为中风去世，她走得很平静。”

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Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's son Mark was a notable entry in 1982, when he went missing for six days along with his co-driver and mechanic.

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"Mark Thatcher provided financing for a coup d'etat in Equatorial Guinea and then he organised all the transport for the coup d'etat, " Mr Obono told the Associated Press.

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The SDLP MP Mark Durkan said Baroness Thatcher had made a "controversial impact" on political life and "divided opinion".

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