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Margaret Thatcher: First Minister Peter Robinson to attend Margaret Thatcher funeral: Northern Ireland guests attend
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Northern Ireland's first minister Peter Robinson is to attend the funeral of Baroness Thatcher. First Minister Peter Robinson and a number of other guests from Northern Ireland are attending the funeral of Baroness Thatcher in London.
Mr Robinson will represent the Northern Ireland Assembly at the service in St Paul's Cathedral. Mr Robinson is representing 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 are 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 represents 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."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."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 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.""She was a person of renown - no-one can take that away from her."
Naomi Long said Mrs Thatcher's legacy was "very much a mixed bag".Naomi 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."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."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.""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. Her coffin was carried in a hearse before being transferred onto a gun carriage from World War 1, drawn by six black horses.
As the procession nears the cathedral, a single, half muffled bell, will toll. As the procession neared the cathedral, a single, half muffled bell, tolled.
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.