Thatcher's children ban Argentinian officials from Mag's funeral

[cali]

Margaret Thatcher's funeral: Family veto Argentine officials at service
Baroness Thatcher’s family have vetoed representatives of the Argentine government attending her funeral next week.



Whitehall officials proposed the presence of Argentine officials at a meeting of the committee which is organising the funeral, code-named Operation True Blue.

The Telegraph understands that Lady Thatcher’s children, Sir Mark and Carol, believe that such protocol would be “inappropriate”.

Sir Mark, who returned to Britain from Barbados on Tuesday, will attend a meeting of the Operation True Blue committee tomorrow to represent his mother’s interests.

The committee, which is meeting on a daily basis, is planning to make the liberation of the Falkland Islands a central part of the ceremonial funeral on Wednesday.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/margaret-thatcher/9985743/Margaret-Thatchers-funeral-Family-veto-Argentine-officials-at-service.html

[Brickbat]

1. Plans "to make the liberation of the Falkland Islands a central part of the ceremonies."

[KansDem]

2. Is Fred Phelps and his church planning on showing up?

Perhaps with signs that read:

God Hates Mag!

[earthside]

3. It's her/her family's funeral -- so fine.

I disliked Thatcher intensely.

However, the Argentine generals started an unnecessary war over the Falklands.
Thatcher was right to clobber Argentina in that war.

And now Pres. Kirchner is ramping up the rhetoric again over the Falklands.
Argentina has no claim to those islands other than proximity.

The Falklanders voted just recently to stay a part of the commonwealth (or some such relationship with the UK).

I wouldn't want them at my funeral either.

[cali]

5. the funeral is costing the Briitish taxpayer millions and millions of pounds

If they wanted a family funeral they should have had one. Whitehall wanted the Argentine delegation at the funeral and it is exceeding ungracious of her children to do this and embarrassing for the gov't.

[earthside]

6. I'm all for embarrassing the Cameron government.

The sooner it falls, the better.

[Turbineguy]

4. They probably only wanted to come

to make sure she's dead.