![]() The Duke and Duchess of Sussex released a six-part documentary called 'Harry and Meghan' last December - the first project to emerge from the £80million deal they signed with the network in 2020, shortly after they stepped down as working royals. ![]() Production of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's future Netflix projects has become 'tough' due to the Hollywood writers' strike, a source close to the couple has said. Inset: The Daily Mail's coverage of the 1986 furore. And, when the Iron Lady passed away aged 87 in 2013, the Queen was there at her funeral. ![]() Her Majesty and Prince Philip attended both Mrs Thatcher's 70th and 80th birthday parties, in 1995 (middle) and 2005 (right). The truth of the relationship between the Queen and Mrs Thatcher was better illustrated by their public interactions in their later lives. The Queen's Press Secretary Michael Shea, who was blamed for the story, left his role the following year, although the aide insisted his departure was unconnected to the furore. The horrified monarch phoned the 'desperately hurt' PM to apologise and to deny that the remarks represented her view, according to biographer Charles Moore. But what the Queen did next showed that, as always, things were not as they appeared. ![]() It was a tale that has added fuel down the decades to rumours that Her Late Majesty did not get on with Britain's first female Prime Minister. According to a newspaper story in 1986, the Queen (pictured left with Mrs Thatcher in 1979) was said to be 'dismayed' by the 'uncaring' PM's refusal to impose sactions on apartheid South Africa, fearing the decision would split the Commonwealth. ![]()
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