The Christmas Day my mum Maggie rang the boss of General Electric - to fix the telly for the Queen's speech... and other joyous memories of the festivities at Chequers that'll make you yearn for the d
Daily MailThey fell out of a folder recently as I was decluttering a filing cabinet. This was Christmas with my mother Margaret Thatcher at Chequers, the Prime Minister's official country residence, as revealed by pictures I took in her early years in Downing Street. Margaret Thatcher and her husband Denis at Chequers for Christmas, the Prime Minister's official country residence The former prime minister is served a flaming Christmas pudding at the Buckinghamshire residence The house and surrounding grounds, 40 miles west of London in Buckinghamshire, are tailor-made for a traditional British Christmas: huge log fires, the honey-coloured panelling and, so it always seemed at that time of the year, frosted gardens. Christmas was the time of year when she did her very best to relax with friends and family, to take a little iron out of the Iron Lady The table is laid for Christmas lunch at Chequers Afterwards, Maggie would get up and announce that it was time for some fresh air and a little leg stretching to shake down the mince pies. Maggie was an excellent tour guide when guests wanted to explore the treasures of Chequers, accumulated by the families who owned it prior to it becoming the prime minister's official country residence in 1921.
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