Is it true that Queen Elizabeth II feared Margaret Thatcher?

If either of them were afraid of the other, it was Margaret Thatcher. Most likely the harshest Thatcher ever got with her sovereign was during the row over sanctions against South Africa. read more

Margaret Thatcher had to fear QEII. Thatcher took the government too far right and outside of parliamentary rules and QEII let her know it would not be tolerated. Thatcher was told to pull back or parliament would be dissolved and Thatcher did what she was told. read more

Margaret Thatcher was left desperately hurt after being branded uncaring and socially divisive by the Queen’s press secretary in a row over apartheid-era South Africa, it has been claimed. The Queen quickly called her prime minister to apologise and deny that the remarks represented her view on the topic, former Spectator editor Charles Moore has written in his official biography of Lady Thatcher. read more

Margaret Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth’s Complicated Relationship Recently deceased former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth II had a complicated relationship. Andrew Marr on a barbecue at the Queen’s Balmoral estate that reveals their differences. read more