Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died last week at the age of 87, was buried at St. Paul's Cathedral in London on Wednesday after lying in state at Westminster. The legacy of Thatcher's tenure, which lasted from 1979 to 1990, has been a point of contention in British politics since she left office, and Wednesday's funeral cortège, though largely respectful, was intermittently interrupted by chants of "Ding, dong, the witch is dead," while others turned their backs as the procession passed. "There is an important place for debating policies and legacy," Richard Chartres, bishop of London, said at the funeral service, "but here and today is neither the time nor the place. The event was attended by diplomats from around the world -- though, notably, no senior administration officials from the United States, and no representatives from Argentina, against whom Britain fought the Falklands War in 1982 -- but the surprise star of the event may have been Thatcher's 19-year old Texan granddaughter, who read from Ephesians at the service.
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