Carol Thatcher said yesterday that she was expecting a ‘tough and tearful week’ as she prepared for her mother’s funeral. Speaking outside the family home in Belgravia, Central London, Margaret Thatcher’s daughter said she felt ‘like anyone else who has just lost a second parent’. But dressed in a black shawl, black trousers and clutching a pair of sunglasses, Ms Thatcher made clear she had found comfort in the messages of sympathy and support. Scroll down for video 'Tough and tearful': Carol Thatcher made the poignant comment to media gathered outside the family home in Chester Square, London Grateful: Miss Thatcher, 59, whose twin brother Mark can be seen standing behind, thanked well-wishers for their outpouring of sympathy and support
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Carol Thatcher made statement outside family home in Belgravia
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She and twin brother Sir Mark in London ahead of funeral on Wednesday
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First public appearance together since funeral of their father Sir Denis
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MPs and peers will be able to pay respects on the eve of the funeral
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