Margaret Thatcher: A life in pictures

A picture dated October 13, 1989 shows the then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher acknowledging applause from the audience at the end of the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool. AFP PHOTO/FILES/JOHNNY EGGITT

A picture dated May 4, 1979 shows the then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher waving as she arrives to take office at No 10 Downing Street in London with her husband Denis (2nd L). AFP PHOTO/FILES

A picture dated June 17, 2007 shows former British Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher (C) posing with some former Parachute Regiment members as they take part in a 25th anniversary march of the Falkland Island conflict in London.

A combination of a picture taken on May 27, 1986 in Jerusalem and of a handout image obtained on February 9, 2011 from Pathe Productions Ltd shows former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (L) and US actress Meryl Streep acting as Margaret Thatcher in the film 'The Iron Lady'.

South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela (R) shakes hands with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher July 4, 1990 on the steps of No 10 Downing Street. Mandela was on a two day visit to the United Kingdom. AFP PHOTO/GERRY PENNY

Former British PM Margaret Thatcher greets Chief Wambani Rapando at his home in Mumias, Western Kenya in 1988 as the then President Moi looks on. Photo|FILE

Margaret Thatcher, the then UK Prime Minister signs the visitors book in Mumias after commissioning a water pump in 1988. Photo|ISAAC WALE