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Memorable moments from Baroness Thatcher's arrival at Downing Street to her departure from it
The funeral of Baroness Thatcher will take place on Wednesday, 17 April, Downing Street has announced.
The 87-year-old former prime minister died on Monday, after suffering a series of strokes.
The funeral ceremony, with full military honours, will take place at London's St Paul's Cathedral, following a procession from Westminster.
The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, will attend the service, Buckingham Palace said.
Lady Thatcher will not have a state funeral but will be accorded the same status as Princess Diana and the Queen Mother.
MeetingA ceremonial funeral is one rung down from a state funeral - normally reserved for monarchs - and requires the consent of the Queen.
A Downing Street spokesman said the details had been agreed at a "co-ordination meeting" between the Thatcher family and Buckingham Palace on Tuesday morning.
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Westminster
The funeral procession will set out from the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft which lies beneath St Stephen's Hall the at the Palace of Westminster.
St Clements Danes
A hearse will take the body to the RAF Chapel at the church of St Clement Danes on the Strand. From there Baroness Thatcher's coffin will be drawn to St Paul's Cathedral on a gun carriage by the King's Troop Royal Artillery.
St Paul's Cathedral
The route to St Paul's will be lined by all three armed forces and Chelsea Pensioners will attend on the steps of the Cathedral.
In other developments:
Lady Thatcher, a Conservative, was the UK's first female prime minister. She was in office from 1979 to 1990, winning three successive general elections.
She died "peacefully" after suffering a stroke while staying at the Ritz hotel in central London. Lady Thatcher had been staying at the hotel since being discharged from hospital at the end of last year.
An undertaker's van carrying a silver casket left the hotel early on Tuesday morning for an undisclosed location.
Parliament will be recalled from its Easter recess this Wednesday to enable MPs and peers to pay tributes.
But Labour MP John Mann said: "I do not know why we are wasting taxpayers' money on an additional session.
"It is perfectly valid that, when a prime minister dies, MPs can pay tribute, but this could be perfectly properly done on Monday."
Prime Minister David Cameron has described Lady Thatcher as a "great Briton" and international leaders, including US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have praised her.
But small gatherings happened on Monday night in various parts of the UK, notably in Glasgow, Bristol and London, with those taking part saying they were celebrating her death.
Seven officers were injured in Bristol, where violent broke out and bins were set alight. One person was arrested on suspicion of violent disorder.
The Metropolitan Police reported low-level disturbances in Brixton, south-east London, including missiles being thrown at police. Two women were arrested on suspicion of burglary after being found inside a shop.
Lady Thatcher was born Margaret Roberts, the daughter of a shopkeeper and Conservative councillor in Grantham, Lincolnshire, in 1925. She became an MP in 1959.
Having been education secretary, she successfully challenged former Prime Minister Edward Heath for her party's leadership in 1975 and won general elections in 1979, 1983 and 1987.
Lady Thatcher resigned as prime minister in 1990 and had been in poor health for several years prior to her death.
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