Details of the ceremony have been published, including the hymns To Be A Pilgrim, I Vow to Thee My Country and Love Divine, All Loves Excelling.

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The final hymn was the patriotic "I Vow To Thee My Country", and then after a blessing the coffin left as slowly as it had arrived, and, as they caught sight of it, once again the crowds outside cheered.

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Thatcher's request, the music included several British composers including Edward Elgar, hymns such as the patriotic "I Vow to Thee My Country" and a psalm set to the music of Johannes Brahms, which she also chose to be played at the funeral of her husband Denis Thatcher.

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