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| First Minister Peter Robinson at Thatcher funeral | First Minister Peter Robinson at Thatcher funeral |
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| Northern Ireland's first minister is to attend the funeral in London of Baroness Thatcher later. | Northern Ireland's first minister is to attend the funeral in London of Baroness Thatcher later. |
| Peter Robinson will represent the Northern Ireland Assembly at the service in St Paul's Cathedral. | Peter Robinson will represent the Northern Ireland Assembly at the service in St Paul's Cathedral. |
| Also attending will be Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt and Alliance Party MP Naomi Long. | Also attending will be Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt and Alliance Party MP Naomi Long. |
| Irish Education Minister Ruairí Quinn will represent the Republic of Ireland's government. | Irish Education Minister Ruairí Quinn will represent the Republic of Ireland's government. |
| The DUP's William McCrea was one of the senior members of the Commons who received Lady Thatcher's body into the crypt at Westminster on Tuesday. | The DUP's William McCrea was one of the senior members of the Commons who received Lady Thatcher's body into the crypt at Westminster on Tuesday. |
| The South Antrim MP said he disagreed with a number of Mrs Thatcher's policies, particularly the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement. | The South Antrim MP said he disagreed with a number of Mrs Thatcher's policies, particularly the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement. |
| "In politics there are things that people agree with and disagree with and I think Margaret Thatcher did acknowledge in her record of looking back over her life that she had regretted things about the Anglo-Irish Agreement," he said. | |
| "You can't take away the fact that she was an outstanding political figure in the UK. | |
| "She brought a distinction and respect internationally back to Britain, which hadn't been there for some time. | |
| "She was a person of renown - no-one can take that away from her." | |
| Mrs Long said Mrs Thatcher's legacy was "very much a mixed bag". | |
| "It is a mark of a civilised society that we should be able to mark the passing of significant figures in a dignified way," she said. | |
| "There is a time and a place to discuss her legacy but on the day of the funeral there is a grieving family at the centre of this. | |
| "She was a human being with family and friends and that is something you need to be respectful of." | |
| More than 800 members of the armed forces will honour Lady Thatcher who sent a taskforce to the Falklands and who declared, when the islands were recaptured, "Great Britain is great again". | More than 800 members of the armed forces will honour Lady Thatcher who sent a taskforce to the Falklands and who declared, when the islands were recaptured, "Great Britain is great again". |
| Her coffin will be drawn by six black horses on a gun carriage from World War I. | |
| As the procession nears the cathedral, a single, half muffled bell, will toll. | As the procession nears the cathedral, a single, half muffled bell, will toll. |
| About 200 states, territories and international organisations have been invited to send an official representative. | About 200 states, territories and international organisations have been invited to send an official representative. |