Editing Mark Thatcher

{{Short description|British baronet, businessman and son of Margaret Thatcher (born 1953)}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix   = [[The Honourable]]
| name               = Sir Mark Thatcher
| honorific_suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|Bt}}
| image              = 
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1953|8|15|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Hammersmith]], [[London]], England
| occupation         = Businessman
| education          = [[Harrow School]]
| spouse             = {{ubl|{{marriage|Diane Burgdorf|1987|2005|end=div}}|{{marriage|Sarah-Jane Russell|March 2008}}}}
| children           = 2
| father             = [[Denis Thatcher]]
| mother             = [[Margaret Thatcher|Margaret Roberts]]
| relations          = {{plainlist|
*[[Carol Thatcher]] (twin sister)
*[[Alfred Roberts]] (maternal grandfather)}}
| family             = [[Thatcher baronets|Thatcher family]]
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'''Sir Mark Thatcher, 2nd Baronet''' (born 15 August 1953) is an English businessman. He is the son of [[Margaret Thatcher]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] from 1979 to 1990, and [[Sir Denis Thatcher, 1st Baronet]]; his sister is [[Carol Thatcher]].

His early career in business led to suggestions that he was benefiting from his mother's position, notably in relation to the [[Al-Yamamah arms deal]]. He left the UK in 1986, and has since lived in the [[United States]], [[Switzerland]], [[Monaco]], [[South Africa]], [[Gibraltar]], [[Barbados]], [[Guernsey]], and [[Spain]]. In 2003  ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' estimated his wealth at £60 million, most of which was suggested to be in [[offshore accounts]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/africa-travel/south-africa/thatchers-son-joins-rich-with-pound60m-haul-xbqzfmz6g9d|publisher=The Sunday Times|title=Thatcher's son joins rich with £60m haul|date=14 September 2003}}</ref>

In 2005, he was convicted and given a four-year suspended prison sentence and fined in [[South Africa]] for funding the [[2004 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4169557.stm|publisher=BBC News|title=Thatcher fined over 'coup plot'|date=13 January 2005}}</ref>

He has two children by his first wife, Diane Burgdorf. He married his second wife, Sarah-Jane Russell (''née'' Clemence), in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/mark-thatcher-the-wayward-son-who-finds-himself-torn-between-publicity-and-propriety-8566597.html|date=10 April 2013|work=The Independent|title=Mark Thatcher: The wayward son who finds himself torn between publicity and propriety}}</ref>  Following his father's death in 2003, he became Sir Mark Thatcher and succeeded to the [[Thatcher baronetcy]], a [[hereditary title]] which had unusually been given to his father in 1990 (this being the only [[baronet]]cy created since 1964).<ref name="debretts1964">{{cite web|url=http://www.debretts.com/people/essential-guide-to-the-peerage/the-baronetage.aspx|title=The Baronetage|publisher=Debretts|quote=The creation of baronetcies lapsed in 1964; in 1990 the Conservative Government announced that this honour would be given to Denis Thatcher, but there have been no further creations|access-date=13 April 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225002039/http://www.debretts.com/people/essential-guide-to-the-peerage/the-baronetage.aspx|archive-date=25 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1990/dec/18/points-of-order|title=Points of Order|date=18 December 1990|work=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]]|quote=As I understand your ruling, Mr. Speaker, it is out of order for us in any way to criticise the advice that a Prime Minister gives to the monarch about granting honours. I was deeply critical when I proposed the introduction of my Bill. What is more, the House gave me leave to introduce it. I was supported by many hon. Members throughout the House. Although honours may technically be awarded by the Queen, we all know that advice is given by the Prime Minister. Just as it is in order to criticise Cabinet Ministers who may technically—}}</ref>

==Early life==
Thatcher and his twin sister, [[Carol Thatcher|Carol]], were born six weeks prematurely by [[caesarean section]] on 15 August 1953 at [[Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital]] in [[Hammersmith]], [[London]], the same year that their mother qualified as a [[barrister]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NqqZxj5EYUkC&pg=PA26 |title=The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher: From Grocer's Daughter to Iron Lady|last=Campbell|first=John|date=2012-01-05|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-1-4481-3067-2|language=en}}</ref>  Their early years were spent in [[Chelsea, London]].<ref name=Iwish>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/margaret-thatcher/9982157/Margaret-Thatcher-Yes-I-wish-I-saw-more-of-my-children.-But-I-cant-regret.html|title=Margaret Thatcher: 'Yes, I wish I saw more of my children. But I can't regret|work=The Telegraph|date=9 April 2013|first=Judith|last=Woods}}</ref> Their mother was narrowly defeated in her bid to become the Conservative Party candidate in the [[1955 Orpington by-election]]. She was first elected to Parliament at the [[1959 United Kingdom general election|1959 general election]]. The children, aged six at the time, featured in her first television interview.<ref name=Iwish/> His sister observed: "All my childhood memories of my mother were just someone who was superwoman before the phrase had been invented. She was always flat out, she never relaxed, household chores were done at breakneck speed in order to get back to the parliamentary correspondence or get on with making up a speech."<ref name=Iwish/>

Mark was sent to board at [[Mill Hill School|Belmont School]] at the age of eight and then to [[Harrow School]], which he left in 1971 having passed three [[O Level]] exams.<ref name=Iwish/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/101158|title=The busy M.P., wife and mother keeps time in hand for those emergencies|date=26 October 1962|work=Finchley Press|via=Margaret Thatcher Foundation}}</ref>  He went on to study accountancy but failed his accountancy exams with [[Touche Ross]] on three occasions.<ref name="profile"/>

Having taken various short-term jobs Thatcher moved to [[Hong Kong]], where he built up a network of business connections, particularly in the Middle East and in motor racing. In 1977 he set up Mark Thatcher Racing, which ran into financial difficulties.<ref name="profile"/>

==Missing during 1982 Paris-Dakar rally==
On 9 January 1982 Thatcher, his French driver, [[Anny-Charlotte Verney]], and their mechanic went missing for six days in the [[Sahara]] whilst driving a [[Peugeot 504]] in the [[1982 Paris–Dakar Rally|Paris-Dakar Rally]]. They were declared missing on 12 January. His father flew to [[Dakar]], where a large-scale search was launched, including six military aircraft from three countries and [[Algeria]]n ground troops.

On 14 January, the [[Algerian military]] spotted Thatcher's party 50&nbsp;km (31 miles) off course.<ref name="profile"/> The Prime Minister insisted on paying £2,000 personally towards the cost of the search.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/margaret-thatcher/9767869/Sir-Mark-Thatcher-sparks-diplomatic-fracas-over-unpaid-bar-bill.html|title=Sir Mark Thatcher sparks diplomatic fracas over unpaid bar bill|work=The Telegraph|date=28 December 2012|first=Steven|last=Swinford}}</ref>

Before competing he said:
*"I've now raced in [[24 Hours of Le Mans|Le Mans]] and other things&nbsp;– this rally is no problem."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/12/newsid_2523000/2523841.stm|publisher=BBC News|title=1982: Mark Thatcher missing in Sahara|date=12 January 1982}}</ref>

In 2004, Thatcher wrote about his experience:
*"I did absolutely no preparation. Nothing."<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2004/jan/13/motorracing.features11|title=Lost in the desert|work=The Guardian|first=Mark|last=Thatcher|date=13 January 2004}}</ref>
*"We must have hit something. ... We stopped. The others stopped too, took a note of where we were and went on. But the silly bastards&nbsp;– instead of telling everyone we were 25 miles east when they finished the section, they told them we were 25 miles west."<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
*"So The Boss (the [[Margaret Thatcher|prime minister]]) does entirely the right thing, picks up the phone to the ambassador in Algiers and says, "Can you find out what is going on?" The ambassador then rings the prefect of the region who says there are four people missing and that I am one of them."<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

==Business career==
During the mid to late 1980s, concerns were frequently expressed about possible conflicts of interest between his business interests and his mother's political visits. In 1984 his mother faced questions in the House of Commons about his involvement in representing the bid of Cementation, a British company and a subsidiary of [[Trafalgar House (company)|Trafalgar House]], to build a university in [[Oman]] at a time when the prime minister was urging Omanis to buy British.<ref name="profile"/>

He has denied claims that in 1985 he received millions of pounds in commissions in relation to the £45 billion [[Al-Yamamah arms deal]], a controversial arms sale by [[British Aerospace]] to Saudi Arabia; he has not denied that a house in [[Belgravia]], London, was purchased for him for £1 million in 1987 by an [[offshore company]] controlled by [[Wafic Saïd]], a middleman in the deal.<ref name=spotlight>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/apr/11/mark-thatcher|title=Mark Thatcher's return to the spotlight|work=The Guardian|date=11 April 2013|first=David|last=Leigh}}</ref> In 1986 his mother again faced questions in the House of Commons, this time over her son's relationship with the [[Sultan of Brunei]].<ref name="profile"/>

[[Sir Bernard Ingham]], the Prime Minister's press secretary, suggested that he could best help the government win the 1987 general election by leaving the country.<ref name=scratcher/> [[Margaret Thatcher]]'s biographer, [[David Cannadine]], stated that Mark Thatcher "traded shamelessly on his mother's name" and that he "continued to attract controversy and investigation from the tax authorities", much to his mother's embarrassment.<ref>{{cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/106415|title=Thatcher [née Roberts], Margaret Hilda, Baroness Thatcher (1925–2013), prime minister|year=2017|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/106415|last1=Cannadine|first1=David}}</ref><ref name=spotlight/><ref name=GuardianProfile2004/> [[Alan Clark]] mentions the "Mark problem" in his published diaries.<ref name=scratcher>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/aug/26/uk.southafrica|title=Scratcher, the millionaire fixer|work=The Guardian|date=26 August 2004|first1=Kevin|last1=Maguire|first2=Michael|last2=White}}</ref> He moved to Texas, where he worked for [[David Wickins]] of [[Lotus Cars]] and [[British Car Auctions]] and met his first wife in 1987.<ref name="profile"/><ref name=scratcher/>

In the United States he started Monteagle Marketing, a profitable company that sold [[whisky]] and clothing.<ref name=GuardianProfile2004>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/aug/25/politicalnews.uk|title=Profile: Sir Mark Thatcher|work=[[The Guardian]] |first=Matthew|last=Tempest|date=25 August 2004}}</ref> During this period he spent some time in Switzerland as a [[tax exile]], until he was forced to leave after the Swiss authorities began to question his residency qualifications.<ref name=scratcher/> A security alarm business he ran in the United States failed and in 1996 he was prosecuted for [[tax evasion]], at which point he moved to [[Constantia, Cape Town|Constantia]], South Africa, with his wife and their two children.<ref name=spotlight/><ref name=GuardianProfile2004/>

In 1998 South African authorities investigated a company owned by Thatcher for allegedly running [[loan shark]] operations. According to the ''Star of Johannesburg'', the company had offered unofficial small loans to hundreds of police officers, military personnel and civil servants, and then pursued them with debt collectors.<ref name="profile"/> He claimed that officers had defrauded him and charges were dropped.<ref name=scratcher/> It was also suggested that he had profited from contracts to supply [[aviation fuel]] in various African countries.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/1470272/Richest-member-of-a-famous-family-and-its-most-accident-prone.html|title=Richest member of a famous family and its most accident-prone|work=The Telegraph |first1=Ben|last1=Fenton|first2=Christopher|last2=Munnion|date=26 August 2004}}</ref> In 2003, following the death of his father, he was allowed to use the title of 'Sir'<!--he had been "Honourable" since his mother's ennoblement in 1992--> due to his inheritance of the [[Thatcher baronetcy]] a year before he was arrested in South Africa in connection with the [[2004 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt]]. He pleaded guilty to breaking anti-mercenary legislation in January 2005.<ref name="guilty plea"/> At this time ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' suggested that he had personal assets of £60&nbsp;million, most of which was in [[offshore accounts]].<ref name="profile">{{cite news|title=Profile: Mark Thatcher|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3597196.stm|access-date=22 August 2007|publisher=BBC News|date=26 August 2004}}</ref>

In 2016 historic documents relating to Thatcher and Oman, expected to be released under the [[30-year rule]], were retained by the Government. ''The Guardian'' noted that the decision was made by [[John Whittingdale]], a former political secretary to Margaret Thatcher.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2016/jul/21/why-should-files-on-mark-thatcher-and-profumo-remain-secret|title=Why should files on Mark Thatcher (and Profumo) remain secret?|work=The Guardian|author=Roy Greenslade|date=21 July 2016|access-date=22 July 2016}}</ref>

==2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état attempt==
{{main|2004 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt}}
Thatcher was arrested at his home in [[Constantia, Cape Town]], South Africa, in August 2004 and was charged with contravening two sections of South Africa's Foreign Military Assistance Act, which bans South African residents from taking part in any foreign military activity. The charges related to possible funding and logistical assistance in relation to an attempted [[2004 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt|coup in Equatorial Guinea]] organized by Thatcher's friend, [[Simon Mann]]. He was released on 2&nbsp;million rand [[bail]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/aug/25/southafrica.politics|title=Mark Thatcher denies coup charges|work=The Guardian|date=25 August 2004|first1=Matthew|last1=Tempest|first2=Simon|last2=Jeffery}}</ref>

On 24 November 2004, the Cape Town [[High Court of South Africa|High Court]] upheld a [[subpoena]] from the South African Justice Ministry that required him to answer under oath questions from [[Equatorial Guinea]]n authorities regarding the alleged coup attempt. He was due to face questioning on 25 November 2004, regarding offences under the South African Foreign Military Assistance Act; these proceedings were later postponed until 8 April 2005. Ultimately, following a process of [[plea bargain]]ing, Thatcher pleaded guilty in January 2005 to breaking anti-mercenary legislation in South Africa by investing in an aircraft without taking proper investigations into what it would be used for, admitting in court that he had paid the money, but said he was under the impression it was to be invested in an air ambulance service to help impoverished Africans. The judge rejected this explanation and Thatcher was fined [[South African rand|R]]3,000,000 and received a four-year [[suspended prison sentence]]. An advisor to Equatorial Guinea's President [[Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo]] told the [[Focus on Africa (TV programme)|BBC's ''Focus on Africa'' television programme]] that: "We are confident that justice has been done", and did not indicate that the country would seek Thatcher's extradition.<ref name="guilty plea">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4169557.stm|title=Thatcher fined over 'coup plot' |date=13 January 2005|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>

During his trial in Equatorial Guinea in June 2008 Simon Mann said that Thatcher "was not just an investor, he came completely on board and became a part of the management team" of the coup plot.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/18/equatorialguinea.southafrica|title=Thatcher was integral to coup plot, Mann tells court|work=The Guardian|first=David|last=Pallister|date=18 June 2008|access-date=18 June 2008}}</ref> In 2024, Mann provided ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' with access to emails and unpublished memoirs providing additional information. On the 20th anniversary of the coup attempt, the newspaper published an article on the coup which states the emails "show that Sir Mark negotiated a profit-sharing arrangement".<ref name=telegraph-20240307>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/03/07/thatcher-son-involvement-in-wonga-coup-guinea-mann/ |title=The unseen memoirs that reveal Mark Thatcher's true involvement in the 'Wonga coup' |last1=Hollingsworth |first1=Mark |last2=Rayner |first2=Gordon |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url-access=subscription |date=7 March 2024 |access-date=7 March 2024}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Thatcher moved to [[Dallas]], Texas, in the mid-1980s, where he met his first wife, Diane Burgdorf (later wife of [[James Beckett (statistician)|James Beckett]]), in 1987.<ref name=GuardianProfile2004/><ref>{{cite news|last=Cabarrouy|first=Gabriel|title=Thatcher catching on at Highland Park |url=http://www.hsgametime.com/dfw/sharedcontent/dws/spt/highschools/football/stories/121507dnspohp.226696e.html| work=The Dallas Morning News|date=14 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202002248/http://www.hsgametime.com/dfw/sharedcontent/dws/spt/highschools/football/stories/121507dnspohp.226696e.html|archive-date=2 December 2008}}</ref> Their first child was born in 1989, and their second child was born in 1993.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/after-the-iron-ladys-granddaughter-amanda-opens-funeral-service-at-st-pauls-cathedral-we-introduce-8577022.html|work=The Independent|location=London|title=After the Iron Lady's granddaughter Amanda opens funeral service at St Paul's Cathedral – we introduce you to the rest of the Thatcher family|date=17 April 2013|author=Charlie Cooper}}</ref>  In 1992, he became The Honourable Mark Thatcher when his mother was made a [[life peer]]. In 1996, he moved to [[South Africa]] following financial scandals in the United States.<ref name="profile"/>

In 2003, he became The Honourable Sir Mark Thatcher, 2nd Baronet of Scotney when he succeeded to the hereditary [[Thatcher baronetcy]] awarded to his father in 1990.<ref name=strip/> He and his wife announced their intention to divorce in September 2005 after eighteen years of marriage. His wife moved back to the United States with their children, the same year that he pleaded guilty in relation to an attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea.  Questions were raised in the UK Parliament about whether he should be stripped of his title.<ref name=strip/>

Following his guilty plea and his divorce, he left South Africa in 2005 for [[Monaco]] on a one-year temporary residency permit, while his wife and children returned to the United States.<ref name=sunny/> Thatcher was unable to get a US visa due to his South African conviction and remains barred from entering the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2005/jan/19/20050119-101414-7685r/?page=all|title=Thatcher faces hurdle to U.S.|work=The Washington Times|date=19 January 2005}}</ref>

His Monaco residency was not renewed as he was said to be on a list of "undesirables" who would not be allowed further residency and he was required to leave by mid-2006.<ref name=sunny>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/dec/21/france.uk|title=A sunny place for shady people but Monaco doesn't want Mark Thatcher|work=The Guardian|date=5 December 2005|first1=Kim|last1=Willsher}}</ref><ref name=spotlight/> He was refused residency in [[Switzerland]] and settled in [[Gibraltar]], where he married his second wife, Sarah-Jane Russell, in March 2008. Russell is the daughter of Terence J. Clemence, a property developer, and sister to [[Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere|Claudia, Viscountess Rothermere]]. She was formerly married to Lord Francis Hastings Russell, the younger son of [[John Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/margaret-thatcher/9983947/Sir-Mark-Thatcher-visits-his-mothers-former-home.html|title=Sir Mark Thatcher visits his mother's former home|work=The Telegraph|date=10 April 2013|first=Victoria|last=Ward}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1583308/Secret-wedding-for-Sir-Mark-Thatcher.html|title=Secret wedding for Sir Mark Thatcher|work=The Telegraph|date=30 March 2008|first1=Tim|last1=Walker|first2=Richard|last2=Eden}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7321184.stm|title=Mark Thatcher 'weds in Gibraltar'|publisher=BBC News|date=30 March 2008|access-date=15 November 2010}}</ref>

He was in [[Barbados]] when he received news of his mother's death. He returned to the UK to act as chief mourner at [[Death and funeral of Margaret Thatcher|her funeral]], which took place at [[St Paul's Cathedral]], London, on 17 April 2013.<ref name=spotlight/>

In April 2016, Thatcher was named in the [[Panama Papers]] scandal; he has ownership of a house in Barbados as the beneficiary of a trust.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/06/panama-papers-reveal-offshore-dealings-stars |title=From Kubrick to Cowell: Panama Papers expose offshore dealings of the stars |work=The Guardian |date=6 April 2016}}</ref>

In 2019, he became a grandfather.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/10/20/margaret-thatchers-first-great-grandchild-born-us/ | title=Margaret Thatcher's first great-grandchild born in the US | newspaper=The Telegraph | date=20 October 2019 | last1=Dixon | first1=Hayley }}</ref>

==Titles and styles==
Thatcher is entitled the usage of the pre-nominal style "The Honourable" following the elevation of his mother to the peerage as a baroness in 1992; he shares this courtesy with his twin sister, [[Carol Thatcher|Carol]]. Following the death of his father in 2003, he inherited the [[Thatcher baronetcy]] which had been awarded to his father in 1990, the first baronetcy created since 1964.<ref name="debretts1964"/> Following his conviction in relation to the Equatorial Guinea coup d'état in 2004, it was suggested that he should be stripped of the title.<ref name=strip>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/jan/16/uk.equatorialguinea|title=Pressure grows to strip Thatcher title|work=The Guardian|first1=Antony|last1=Barnett|first2=Martin|last2=Bright|date=16 January 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2005-01-24a.210680.h|title=Sir Mark Thatcher|work=They Work For You}}</ref>

==Arms==
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==References==
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==Further viewing==
* [https://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/once-upon-a-coup/full-episode/?p=5496 ''Once Upon a Coup''] PBS, August 2009 (documentary)

==Further reading==
* {{ cite book | title= Thatcher's Fortunes: The Life and Times of Mark Thatcher |publisher=Mainstream Publishing  | first1= Paul |last1=Halloran  |first2=Mark| last2=Hollingsworth | year=2006 | isbn= 1845961188}}
* {{ cite book | title=Thatcher's Gold: Life and Times of Mark Thatcher | publisher= Simon & Schuster | year= 1995 | isbn=0671712489 | first1= Paul |last1=Halloran |first2=Mark|last2=Hollingsworth}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20220817071021/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/search/%22mark+thatcher%22?page=6 Mentions of Mark Thatcher in Hansard] (103 references, relating to Dakar Rally, Cementation contracts, arms sales to the Middle East, security costs and other matters)

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