Thatcher: Daughter Carol's Personal Tribute

Baroness Thatcher's daughter Carol has spoken of the "tough and tearful week" ahead as the nation prepares for the former prime minister's funeral.

Speaking publicly for the first time since her mother's death, she said: "I feel like anyone else who has just lost a second parent.

"It is a deeply sad and rather thought-provoking landmark in life.

"My mother once said to me 'Carol, I think my place in history is assured'.

"The magnificent tributes this week, the wonderful words of President Obama, to others and colleagues who once worked alongside her, have proved her right."

Lady Thatcher with her husband Dennis and children Mark and Carol in 1976

She thanked people who sent messages of sympathy and support, which she said had given her strength in the days before Wednesday's funeral at St Paul's Cathedral in central London.

But she added: "I know that this is going to be a tough and tearful week even for the daughter of the Iron Lady."

Wearing a black shawl, black trousers and clutching a pair of sunglasses, she delivered the statement outside the family home in Belgravia, before being joined by her brother Sir Mark.

Carol Thatcher with her mother at Wimbledon ladies' singles finals in 2006

He was the first member of the family to speak publicly about Lady Thatcher after she died on Monday at the Ritz in central London.

Sir Mark said his mother had been blessed with "a long life, and a very full one", but that her death was "without doubt a very sad moment".

Carol Thatcher flew in to the UK last night with her boyfriend ski instructor Marco Grass, to help with the arrangements for the ceremonial funeral - for which Lady Thatcher left specific instructions.

Mark Thatcher, his wife Sarah, Carol Thatcher and her boyfriend Marco Grass

Britain's longest serving prime minister and the only woman so far to hold the role will be given a ceremonial funeral with full military honours.

More than 2,000 guests have been invited. The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, will head a congregation of former leaders, current politicians, Falklands veterans and celebrities including Tony Blair, former South African president FW de Klerk, TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson, actress Joan Collins and singer Dame Shirley Bassey who have already confirmed their attendance.

And it will be a precedent - as it will be the first ceremonial funeral for a former British prime minister the Queen has ever attended. She went to Sir Winston Churchill's state ceremony in 1965.

However, some key players - including former Labour leader Neil Kinnock, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan's wife Nancy, are all unable to attend.

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