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| Queen and Thatcher Lead Tributes to Ex-President Reagan |
| 2004-06-05 |
| The Queen and Baroness Thatcher tonight led the tributes to former US President Ronald Reagan, who has died at the age of 93. Mr Reagan died with his wife Nancy and their children at his side at the familyâs home in California tonight. A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said: âThe Queen is saddened by the news.â Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher hailed Mr Reagan as âa truly great American heroâ. She told PA News: âPresident Reagan was one of my closest political and dearest personal friends. He will be missed not only by those who knew him and not only by the nation that he served so proudly and loved so deeply, but also by millions of men and women who live in freedom today because of the policies he pursued. Ronald Reagan had a higher claim than any other leader to have won the Cold War for liberty and he did it without a shot being fired. To have achieved so much against so odds and with such humour and humanity made Ronald Reagan a truly great American hero.â Conservative leader Michael Howard told PA News: âThis is an enormously sad day. President Reagan was one of the towering figures of our time, the man who with Margaret Thatcher won the Cold War for the West. It is so sadly ironic that he should have died as we prepare to commemorate the 60th anniversary of D-Day, the day when the Allies began the liberation of Europe. We in Britain, as in so many other places around the world, owe him an ever-lasting debt. May he rest in peace.â |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |