Photo: Dress rehearsal for Margaret Thatcher's funeral

A Flag draped Coffin on a Gun carriage is used for a full dress rehearsal, for the Funeral procession of Baroness Margaret Thatcher as it approaches St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London, where the former Prime Minister's Funeral will take place on Wednesday morning. PA

A full dress rehearsal has taken place for the funeral procession of Baroness Margaret Thatcher who died last week.

This picture shows a flag draped coffin on a gun carriage used for the dress rehearsal as it approached St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London, where the former Prime Minister's Funeral will take place on Wednesday morning.

British forces' officers carry a Union Jack-draped coffin outside St Paul's Cathedral in central London early Monday, April 15, 2013 during the rehearsal for the upcoming funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

British forces' officers escort a Union Jack-draped coffin on a gun carriage drawn by the King's Troop Royal Artillery during the rehearsal

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