Images: Britain's Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher laid to rest

Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s Iron Lady, was laid to rest today with a level of pomp and protest reflecting her status as a commanding, polarising political figure. Images from Thatcher’s funeral.

[caption id=“attachment_707060” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] An overhead view of the coffin of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher during the ceremonial funeral at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, Wednesday April 17, 2013. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_707064” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The coffin containing the body of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher arrives for the ceremonial funeral at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, Wednesday April 17, 2013. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_707044” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Members of Margaret Thatcher’s family from left, daughter Carol Thatcher and partner Marco Grass, Sarah Thatcher, wife of son Mark Thatcher after the funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, Wednesday April 17, 2013. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_707092” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The coffin containing the body of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher leaves the ceremonial funeral at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, Wednesday April 17, 2013. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_707106” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] British forces’ officers escort a Union Jack-draped coffin on a gun carriage drawn by the King’s Troop Royal Artillery during a rehearsal for the upcoming funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in central London early Monday, April 15, 2013. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_707116” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] A Union flag draped coffin bearing the body of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is carried on a gun carriage drawn by the King’s Troop Royal Artillery during her ceremonial funeral procession in London, England, Wednesday April 17, 2013. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_707130” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] A protest banner is held up along the route of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s ceremonial funeral procession in London, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. AP[/caption]