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.

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