Margaret Thatcher were officially denied by William Heseltine, the Private Secretary to the Sovereign. Thatcher later wrote: "I always found the Queen's attitude towards the work of the Government absolutely correct ... stories of clashes between 'two powerful women' were just too good not to make up." Thatcher's economic policy was influenced by monetarist thinking and economists such as Milton Friedman and Alan Walters. Together with Chancellor of the Exchequer Geoffrey Howe, she lowered direct taxes on income and increased indirect taxes. She increased interest rates to slow the growth of the money supply and thereby lower inflation, introduced cash limits on
Carol Thatcher it in a racist way. It was shorthand. I described someone's appearance colloquially—someone I happen to greatly admire." Thatcher has written several books, including: "Below the Parapet: the Biography of Denis Thatcher" (1996) and "Diary of an Election: with Margaret Thatcher on the Campaign Trail" (1983). On 4 September 2008 Headline Publishers released "A Swim-on Part in the Goldfish Bowl: A Memoir", which recounts the decline of Margaret Thatcher's health and the onset of her dementia. Thatcher had a relationship with Jonathan Aitken, which ended in 1979. As this happened just after the Conservatives won the general election, Aitken's breaking