Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher had an informal exchange with Pope Benedict XVI after she attended his weekly general audience on Wednesday.The pope shook hands and had a brief conversation with Britain's first female premier, dressed in black, in the same way he greets scheduled visitors and recently married couples.
Thatcher, 83, a Protestant, became known as the Iron Lady for her radical reforms that polarised opinions in Britain such as lowering taxes, privatising state-owned firms and significantly weakening trade unions.
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