ANCORA GRAZIE, SIGNORA THATCHER

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1986: Riding on a tank during an official visit to British forces in West Germany
Photograph: Joel Fink/AP


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1987: Election campaigning in Scotland
Photograph: Derek Hudson/Sygma/Corbis


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1987: Speaking in Perth
Photograph: Murdo Macleod


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1987: Acknowledging an 11-minute standing ovation after her speech closing the Conservative party conference in Blackpool
Photograph: PA


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1988: Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev
Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features


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1988: With Reagan in Washington
Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features


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1988: In listening mode at party conference in Brighton
Photograph: PA


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1989: With George Bush senior outside No 10
Photograph: NWI/Rex Features


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1989: Speaking to the press after the Kegworth air crash
Photograph: Ross Kinnaird/Empics/PA


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1989: With Denis, hailing a third Tory victory at the polls
Photograph: Anne Katrin Purkiss/Rex Features


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