Thatcher remembers Falklands dead

Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher has attended a private ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral to mark the 25th anniversary of the Falklands invasion.

Lady Thatcher stood in silence [and laid a wreath] during the brief ceremony to remember the 255 Britons who died during the 74-day war...

Earlier, Prime Minister Tony Blair met Falklands veterans in Fife.

The 74-day war claimed the lives of 255 Britons, 655 Argentines and three islanders.

Lady Thatcher was prime minister when Argentina invaded the islands on 2 April 1982 and dismissed advice from defence officials who feared the islands, 8,000 miles from Britain, could not be re-taken.

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