Margaret Thatcher once had a happy family. Her husband, Dennis Thatcher, has supported her political life for years and brought her peace and calm for the first time after her retirement.
Although she has a husband who supports her political work, her children don't think so. Margaret Thatcher had a daughter and a son, but she seemed to have no daughters and no children.
Her daughter, Carroll, is not very close to her, and she thinks that her mother is too doting on her brother and estranged from herself, so she and Mrs. Thatcher also have a grudge.
Thatcher's family
Marc Thatcher's son, although he rarely received care from his mother, thatcher still preferred him. This led to his overly debauched personality, causing Margaret Thatcher a lot of trouble all the time.
During Thatcher's reign, the two did not receive any help from their children. Instead, her son Mark, because of the libertine skeleton, added a lot of bad reputation to her.
Margaret Thatcher
What hurt Thatcher the most was that her husband, who had been with her for decades, died in 2003 due to ineffective cancer treatment.
The death of her husband prompted the children to disappear from their closest bond with Margaret Thatcher. Without her father's middle-of-the-road matchmaker, Thatcher's relationship with her children was even more indifferent.
Carroll lived in Switzerland for a long time and rarely returned to England to meet with his mother. In the minds of Europeans and Americans, Christmas is as important as the Chinese New Year, but even if it is such an important holiday, Carol is not willing to go back to spend with her mother.
Christmas after Thatcher lost her husband was mostly spent with Kate, the housekeeper. The person who came to see her was also her former bodyguard.
Once in a while, she was invited by her niece to join their Christmas party, which made Thatcher feel a hint of affection. But she was not part of the family after all, and no matter how nice her niece was to her, she could not make up for her desire for her own children to return home.
However, in the face of rumors of filial piety, Carroll said very bluntly: "She does not think that the child must go back to accompany her parents, and her mother did not accompany her when she was a child."
And her son did not feel that Mrs. Thatcher's love. Mark had said that Margaret Thatcher had only cared about politics and her father all her life. After Dennis' death, Mark became unscrupulous.
He continued to trouble her, and even went to other countries to stir up trouble, leaving Margaret Thatcher to drag her elderly body and go around collecting ransom and going to other countries to ransom people.
It can be said that Margaret Thatcher took too little care of the family in her early years, resulting in her children being equally unconcerned about her. This prevented her from having children with her in her later years, as a normal woman.
Mrs. Thatcher, who was once undeterred in politics, did not continue her spirit after returning to the family. Instead, with the death of her husband and the departure of her children, it seems that her later life is very lonely and cold.
Even after her death, her children wondered how to squeeze the last shred of her value in the world of celebrity. They sold her belongings and disputed over the improper division of the money they sold.
It can be said that Margaret Thatcher has been working hard for political causes since her youth, but in her later years, what she has paid cannot make up for what she has lost in the family.
As she grew older, her health deteriorated, and Thatcher's life was afflicted by illness
Margaret Thatcher expended too much energy in politics, and when she stepped down, problems that she had not had before began to appear. In addition, Margaret Thatcher is getting older, and aging has also caused her body's immunity to decline.
Elderly Margaret Thatcher
And her first stroke after retirement was the last straw that crushed her. After that, she began to reduce the number of times she socialized, stopped public speaking, and became reclusive.
The stroke caused very serious physical damage to Margaret Thatcher. First, her memory was greatly impaired. Margaret Thatcher was once able to blurt out economic data from many years ago, but after her stroke, she could not read even a full piece of news, and often forgot the beginning after reading it.
At the same time, Thatcher's physical vitality was also greatly damaged, and in addition to taking medicine regularly, she also had to go to the hospital regularly to see various diseases. Since her stroke, the news of her frequent hospitalizations has not stopped.
It is rumored that not long after Thatcher suffered a stroke, she suffered from polymyalgia rheumatica, and her legs and feet were gradually inconvenienced, so her movements were also easily injured. Once, she broke her arm from a fall.
But because of his advanced age, the fracture is not as simple as a nail and a cast. Arm grafting surgery is required. For the elderly, surgery can also consume a lot of physical strength.
After much deliberation, Margaret Thatcher underwent surgery. After some tossing, Margaret Thatcher reluctantly tied with the sick.
Later, a tumor was found in Thatcher's bladder. In order to remove the tumor, Margaret Thatcher had to stay in the hospital and spend Christmas in an atmosphere filled with disinfectant water.
The physical decline that came with it made it impossible for Margaret Thatcher to be as spirited as before. Thatcher's state at this moment is no different from that of an old man whose life is twilight and whose memory is declining.
This made her later life difficult. It also made Thatcher's later life worse. The old man, who is already lonely, has to endure physical torture.
Another layer of pain caused by the illness to Mrs. Thatcher is that she forgets the news of her husband's death. Need to be reminded over and over again by the people around you.
In her later years, she kept repeating the most painful moment of losing her husband. This caused her mental state to continue to decline.
Moreover, there is a strange thing about Thatcher's illness, that is, she will remember some of the memories of her teenage years from time to time, and she can talk about it.
This condition is usually due to progressive amnesia caused by overwork at a young age. Unknowingly, Margaret Thatcher was at the mercy of the disease, while she did not know it, presenting a sense of thinning the west.
Britain's public opinion environment has always suppressed her personal image, and Thatcher's political dream is ultimately a dream
At the same time, the mental pressure caused by public opinion to her is not small. You know, when Margaret Thatcher first stepped down, she was forced by the pressure of the situation, not her retirement.
After Margaret Thatcher left office, there was a public opinion discussion about her that did not stop. As she left her post, someone sang a song cursing her to death at the door.
Over time, as the British government gradually withdrew her policies and reformed them, many people gradually forgot about Thatcher's influence on British politics.
But what is obvious is that as the only female prime minister in history, her historical status and topic degree are still a gimmick for the media to make a big fuss. Since she was reclusive, the media's oppression of her has only increased.
Among the "100 Worst Britons You Hate The Most", Margaret Thatcher was in third place. There are also many media outlets that compare that of Margaret Thatcher with those of the current prime minister, or criticize her policies of the year.
In short, the overall public opinion trend in Britain has forced Margaret Thatcher to a disadvantageous position of public opinion. The Iron Lady, who had been uncompromising in the face of pressure from all walks of life, finally felt the pressure in her old age.
In order to let yourself show your former glory in front of the public. Margaret Thatcher also made many efforts to this end. On her 80th birthday, she decided to change her low-key style after the stroke and decided to put on a feast.
Margaret Thatcher's choice of Mandarin Oriental must have been intended to be pompous. And many political celebrities are indeed very face-saving to the first female prime minister, it is reported that there are more than 600 people attending the banquet, including Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, which is also the second time that the queen has participated in the prime minister's birthday banquet.
It can be said that this birthday feast has been successful for Margaret Thatcher. She wants to prove to the world that even if she is a retired old man, she will still not be swayed by public opinion.
But After all, Margaret Thatcher is no longer at the center of power, and her momentum has become a talking point for ordinary people, and she has lost her original intention.
So, before long, Thatcher's momentum dissipated like smoke. And Margaret Thatcher has less and less to talk about to the people. Although the attention has decreased, Margaret Thatcher has never changed her pre-departure habits.
According to Margaret Thatcher's daughter, while she was tidying up her mother's wardrobe, she found a pile of dusty, un-ironed formal suits. When she asked where her mother's daily clothes were, Margaret Thatcher replied: "I usually wear these, I will never buy a casual style of clothing." ”
It can be seen that in Thatcher's mind, public opinion represents her political hope, and politics is an indispensable part of her life, and she once made a bold statement, "Politics has dissolved into my blood." Yes, she has never had a complete political dream in her heart, and she longs for a comeback one day.
Therefore, Margaret Thatcher has always kept in mind the matter of returning to the public eye and improving the public opinion environment. But as time passed and she grew older, she not only lost the opportunity to be active in the political center stage, but also gradually lost her influence in people's hearts.
At the same time that she lost influence, her social identity slowly began to take on new meaning. The trigger for this incident was the opening of an autobiography of hers.
It has become a film and television symbol in the work of art, but few people have set their sights on the real Margaret Thatcher
In 2011, filming began in the form of Thatcher's autobiography, The Iron Lady: Solid Tenderness. The film focuses on Thatcher's ruling career, and as the title suggests, portrays the other side of Thatcher with a kind of tenderness.
However, the film does not truthfully show the true face of Margaret Thatcher, for the sake of film and television creation and plot conflicts, the film makes Margaret Thatcher extremely emotional, which is also criticized by british politics.
Stills from Iron Lady: Solid Tenderness
Many young people who do not understand Thatcher's political career have shown "sympathy" for Thatcher after watching the film. This is obviously due to the empathy caused by the perception of the film and television image.
Margaret Thatcher had foreseen the occurrence of this phenomenon. Meryl Streep, the heroine of Iron Lady: Solid Tenderness, once wanted to meet Margaret Thatcher and get to know her better, so that she could interpret the role of "Iron Lady" in the movie.
But Margaret Thatcher chose not to meet. She knew that this type of film would stereotype her image and frame the names "Margaret Thatcher" and "Iron Lady" in a film and television image.
In addition, Margaret Thatcher made it clear in her suicide note that she was unwilling to accept a state funeral. The state funeral means that everything about her will become history, and she is only a microcosm of history after all.
Precisely because her position in history is so unique, she also has mixed praise for the political achievements of Britain in the 1980s and 1990s, which is more of a topical symbol in the hearts of many people.
It is expected that there will be more and more works about Margaret Thatcher's related secondary creations in the future, and she will gradually become a joke character. And what the real her real is, will gradually disappear into history.
Margaret Thatcher may be deeply aware that what she has done in politics has become a thing of the past, so in her old age, she refuses to be labeled and symbolized by anyone.
No matter how much that Margaret Thatcher has been criticized for her political initiatives, it is always an act of her own will, and she has always taken a tough attitude to prove her attitude and views.
However, in her later years, Mrs. Thatcher gradually lost everything she could control. She can only be teased, choreographed, and put on the screen.
At the same time, the British government still held a state funeral for her. Her final interpretation of her identity belongs to the state, and with her passing, she has become a historical period, which is the destination of a politician and the last thing he wants to see.
Margaret Thatcher was keen on politics from her youth. She has devoted half her life to the cause she loves.
However, after she left her career, everything she sacrificed was fulfilled in her life. She lost her normal family life, lost her husband, and lost her children who should have been on the knees of Chenghuan.
At the same time, as she grew older, her control over life gradually disappeared. From health to her fame, to her brilliance, until finally, she lost the right to resort to reality.
But no matter how hard she struggled for politics in her youth, how desolate she was in her old age. The various iron-fisted policies she has undertaken in British politics have had an indelible impact on britain's development for decades and will continue to do so.