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The Queen and Mrs Thatcher: an inconvenient relationship

By Margaret , Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth II;Palmer , Dean;Thatcher

Book information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9780750964715, 9780750962650, 0750962658
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3224349 bytes)
Pages
255 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustr
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

BRITISH & IRISH HISTORY: FROM C 1900 -. This is the remarkable story of how the two most powerful women in Britain at the time met and disliked each other on sight. For over a decade they quietly waged a war against each other on both a personal and political stage, disagreeing on key issues including sanctions against South Africa, the Miners' Strike and allowing US planes to bomb Libya using UK military bases. Elizabeth found the means to snub and undermine her prime minister through petty class put-downs and a series of press leaks. Margaret attacked her monarch by sidelining her internationally, upstaging her at home and allowing the Murdoch press to crucify the royal family. This book is a window into the 80s, an era when Britain was changed beyond recognition by a woman who made 'Thatcherism' the defining word of the decade.

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