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She then subsequently wore this hat the following year to the funeral of Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), President of the United States from 1981 to 1989, and a close friend of Thatcher. The hat therefore holds both a deeply personal role and a politically significant role in Thatcher's story.\n\n- Daniel Milford-Cottam\n19/10/2016","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Deida Acero, London, 2003. 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