Margaret Thatcher was a tough woman, why wasn't she happy in her later years?
Margaret Thatcher left the deepest impression on Chinese was the negotiations before Hong Kong's return to the motherland, and in the early 1980s, Margaret Thatcher visited China to discuss the issue of Hong Kong's return to China. There was very little Chinese television at the time, but after Thatcher's visit to China, Chinese learned about the tough British female prime minister through the newspapers.
However, this tough British woman, after the talks, fell on her knees on the steps of the Great Hall of the People with one foot, although it was an accident, but after the news was published, the people of the country were very relieved.
The British female prime minister, known as the "Iron Lady", thought that she would get something from China under the threat of the Falklands War, and not only did she get nothing, but she knew that Chinese was tougher than her. The Iron Lady did not expect that soon she ushered in her bleak old age.
First, lose the favorite
In 1990, Margaret Thatcher stepped down as British Prime Minister. She was 65 years old, but she didn't feel lonely after leaving office, because she was still active in British politics and still traveled around the world.
But 13 years later, in 2003, 13 years after Thatcher left politics, she suddenly felt lonely because her beloved and beloved husband died, which hit Thatcher hard.
Margaret Thatcher's husband, Dennis, had been together for more than 50 years and later died of cancer. Since then, the 78-year-old Mrs. Thatcher has had to face life alone.
Mrs. Thatcher and her husband were very affectionate, and the two did not have any lace news. Even when Margaret Thatcher became prime minister, she still made breakfast for her husband every morning. And this habit, Thatcher maintained from the time of love until the death of her husband.
After the death of her husband Dennis, Mrs. Thatcher finished breakfast with no one to accompany her. No one got up in the morning to talk to her about interesting things, and no one walked with her.
In honor of her husband, Margaret Thatcher hung a picture of Dennis in the restaurant and accompanied her to dinner.
Every time she ate, Margaret Thatcher would talk to her husband as she had always done. But Margaret Thatcher got a response.
Margaret Thatcher had a son and a daughter, and her daughter Carol often came home to visit her, and every time her daughter came, Margaret Thatcher was happy, and she said to her daughter: "Your father did not leave us, did you see her?" ”
Carol understood that Margaret Thatcher was already suffering from amnesia, sometimes awake and sometimes confused. Every time Margaret Thatcher said this, Carol would comfort her mother.
In 2003, after the death of her husband Dennis, Margaret Thatcher personally sent her husband to the cemetery. But Margaret Thatcher did not realize that she had no husband since.
Every time her daughter Carol reminded Margaret Thatcher that "Daddy can't come back," Margaret Thatcher would look into the distance in confusion, sometimes looking at her daughter like a child, tears welling up in her eyes, and turning her head to look at the portrait of her husband Dennis.
Known as the "Iron Lady", Margaret Thatcher was not only tough, but she gave full play to herself in the political arena. She has participated in countless campaigns, countless congressional debates. Margaret Thatcher would be full of confidence, she didn't know what failure was, because she had a staunch supporter, and that was her husband Dennis. Every time Margaret Thatcher spoke or debated, she saw her husband Dennis smiling and encouraging herself.
Now that her husband is gone, Margaret Thatcher has left the political arena she is familiar with. After the death of her husband, it was a great blow to Margaret Thatcher, and she could not accept the reality of her husband's death, and it took a long time for her to gradually accept it.
Second, the consequences of spoiling
Margaret Thatcher entered politics at a young age, and even after marriage and children, she rarely had time to spend with her children. She had a daughter and a son, especially the daughter who had little affection for Thatcher. Because Margaret Thatcher preferred sons to daughters, she has always loved her son.
Thatcher's son is called Mark, because of Thatcher's doting, did not love to learn from childhood, and often caused trouble, even the old mother is the prime minister, is the Iron Lady politician, no one is afraid at school.
When Mark became an adult, he still didn't change. Once he went to Africa to participate in a car rally, but unexpectedly disappeared during the race. Hearing that her son was missing, Margaret Thatcher was so anxious that she actually stepped forward and used her power to ask the British government to help find her son.
It was later learned that Margaret Thatcher's son had been kidnapped and that Mark had been rescued under the mediation of the British government. Thatcher's use of public power to rescue his son was in itself a violation. But Mark did not know how much effort was behind his mother,But he did not expect that after he was rescued, he not only did not thank the rescue team, but also ran to the hotel to spend wildly, refusing to pay after leaving. He even thought the British government deserved to save him.
But in the hotel consumption does not give money, the hotel people do not agree to him to go. Mark argued with them until the police explained.
Buying something doesn't cost you money, and it won't work anywhere. Thatcher's son does not pay for consumption abroad, and it must be Thatcher herself who pays.
After thatchel's son's scandal abroad was exposed, her son continued to go his own way, even participating in illegal activities, and was eventually wanted.
On March 29, 2004, Mark was involved in a coup d'état in Equatorial Guinea, Africa, and was later wanted by Equatorial Guinea worldwide. Mark was eventually arrested in South Africa, sentenced to four years and suspended execution, and fined more than £300,000.
When Margaret Thatcher heard about it, she went to South Africa to pay the fine for her son, despite her illness, before bringing Mark back to England.
Some people say that Marc Thatcher's son Mark is not a pit daddy. But word of Thatcher's darling spread among British families. Habits are like killing children, and thatcher's darling has only one outcome: killing her son and leaving him with nothing.
3. Amnesiary symptoms
Margaret Thatcher became confused after the death of her husband, and as she grew younger, she often went to the hospital and even developed amnesia. Taking into account her age and the causes of amnesia, Margaret Thatcher, persuaded by her daughter and staff, moved from the suburbs to central London so that they could see a doctor.
It was after Margaret Thatcher moved to the vicinity of the hospital that there was even a dangerous situation, and she suddenly fainted while eating, and if she was not rescued in time, she did not know whether she would survive.
Margaret Thatcher was also frequently taken to hospital due to illness. Accompanied by her daughter Carol, Margaret Thatcher was able to see a doctor in time, but after all, her health was not as good as before. Thatcher was also often forgetful.
On one occasion, when Margaret Thatcher left a hospital, she waved to the public, but collapsed on the couch when she returned home. In 2002, Margaret Thatcher also suffered a stroke, which improved after treatment, but her body was damaged and she had to take medicine for life.
According to the data, after Thatcher suffered a stroke, her memory was damaged and gradually declined.
Due to the loss of memory, Margaret Thatcher no longer read books and newspapers, and forgot about it, or even remembered anything. As a woman who has long been active in the political arena, Thatcher is uncomfortable not seeing a newspaper. At that time, she had a strong memory, and any data could be said casually.
For her forgetfulness, Margaret Thatcher also knew, and she had also told her friends. Later, after the death of her husband Dennis, Margaret Thatcher was not only forgetful, but also impatient.
Once, at one o'clock in the morning, Margaret Thatcher suddenly got up, and she put on her beautiful clothes to go to the cemetery to see her husband. For a moment, the staff and caregivers were terrified.
A friend advised Margaret Thatcher that she should find a full-time caregiver, but Margaret Thatcher was angry when she heard this, thinking that she was in good health and did not need any care.
But then the staff hired someone with nursing experience to take care of Margaret Thatcher.
Thatcher's amnesia sometimes can't remember what just happened, but suddenly she can remember what happened half a century ago. When a friend came to see her and suddenly mentioned the rationing of food during the war, Margaret Thatcher immediately became interested, and then told her friend some stories about the Second World War.
According to Thatcher's daughter Carol, Thatcher was severely amnesiac and sometimes asked the same question repeatedly.
Even after 10 years out of office, Thatcher spoke to Bush Sr. bush and still misses her political career.
The great changes in Thatcher's later years have not been understood by the outside world. This Iron Lady was very strong at that time, and no one expected to be like a demented old man in her later years.
Fourth, the desolate death
When Margaret Thatcher died, she was living alone in an apartment in London, surrounded by only staff, and her daughter was not able to arrive in time because she was a journalist and was going to cover an out-of-town interview.
Even though Margaret Thatcher lived in the city centre, her former friends rarely interacted with her. In the eyes of the outside world, in October 2002, when Margaret Thatcher turned 77, she received only 4 birthday cards.
After Margaret Thatcher left office that year, Margaret Thatcher was reluctant to leave the Prime Minister's residence, which is 10 Downing Street. Until the end of the day, Margaret Thatcher was reluctant to leave, and if it were not for the secretary's reminder, Margaret Thatcher would continue to live in the Prime Minister's residence.
After Margaret Thatcher left 10 Downing Street, she never entered the mansion until her death.
In 2013, Margaret Thatcher died.
Thatcher's funeral was solemn, second only to state funerals. Moreover, the British veterans who participated in the Falklands War personally carried Margaret Thatcher's coffin to St. Paul's Cathedral.
Some veterans fired their guns into the air during the Falklands War to send Mrs. Thatcher off.
After Thatcher's death, the outside world has mixed opinions of her. Some people think she is tough, but the public thinks she is a woman who is "loved by the rich and hated by the poor". It is because Margaret Thatcher introduced "privatization" reforms in office that some of the middle class was not guaranteed. Others thought that Margaret Thatcher was a murderous separatist.
Daughter Carol wanted to donate Thatcher's relics to the National Museum, but was refused and Jessie's continued auction.
The reason why Margaret Thatcher died was very desolate is mainly that her son and daughter were not around. The first female prime minister in British history left alone, leaving it for comments from future generations.
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