Newly released papers show former PM took health advice from Barbara Cartland In public Margaret Thatcher was the no-nonsense Iron Lady but behind the scenes she turned to lucky charms and dubious health remedies to help her cope with the demands of being prime minister, newly released public papers reveal.Thatcher’s papers, made public after 30 years, show it was the unlikely figure of Barbara Cartland who came to her aid in 1989, a year when the government’s popularity plummeted as a result of high inflation, the poll tax and rows over Europe. Continue reading…
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