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       A grocer’s daughter swept to victory in 1979, becoming Britain’s first woman prime minister and eventually a huge political force during her 11-year rule.

       Margaret Thatcher is seen as the most renowned British leader since Winston Churchill.

       The Iron Lady’s Thatcherism – her beliefs in free markets, privatisation and deregulation – changed British life.

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