Baroness Thatcher's body has been removed from her suite in the Ritz Hotel today, where she died 'peacefully' in bed, after suffering a stroke while reading.
The former Conservative Prime Minister was taken to an undisclosed location by private ambulance around 12.20am, protected by a police cordon.
Preparations today began in earnest for her ceremonial funeral next week, which will see her coffin taken from Westminster to St Paul's Cathedral on a horse-drawn gun carriage.
It will take place with full military honours - probably next Wednesday or Thursday - although many Conservative MPs are now calling for Britain's first and only female political leader to be given a full state funeral.
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