ANCORA GRAZIE, SIGNORA THATCHER

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1982: Facing an enthusiastic reception from well-wishers outside No 10 on her return from the Commons after telling MPs talks on an Argentinian surrender of the Falklands were in progress
Photograph: PA


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1982: At party conference
Photograph: Nils Jorgensen/Rex Features


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1983: With Denis after voting at a polling station
Photograph: Peter Jordan/Time Life Pictures/Getty


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1983: Thatcher at party conference
Photograph: Don McPhee


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1983: Visiting British troops on the Falkland islands
Photograph: PA


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1983: Waving to well-wishers after her second election win
Photograph: PA


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1984: Thatcher returns to the scene of the Brighton bomb on the afternoon after the explosion
Photograph: Rex Features


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1985: Enjoying a cup of tea with Denis
Photograph: John Downing/Hulton Archive/Getty


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1986: Kenneth Baker and Thatcher at party conference in Blackpool
Photograph: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty


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1986: With Francois Mitterrand at the Chapter House, in Canterbury Cathedral as Britain and sign the agreement that will result in the Channel tunnel
Photograph: PA


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