Who is Margaret Thatcher in The Crown?

The grocer's daughter at No. 10 · Downing Street

Margaret Thatcher (The grocer's daughter at No. 10) is a character in The Crown, part of Downing Street. Margaret Thatcher arrives at her first audience as Britain's first woman prime minister — a chemist and grocer's daughter with no patience for aristocratic amateurism, including, privately, the variety that owns palaces. Her revolution runs on conviction, four hours of sleep, and a handbag the cabinet learns to fear. Queen and prime minister, born months apart, conduct a decade of weekly audiences as a duel of two irreconcilable Englands.

When does Margaret Thatcher first appear?

Margaret Thatcher first appears in Season 4, Episode 1 (“Gold Stick”) of The Crown (2016–2023, Netflix).

Who is Margaret Thatcher connected to?

Relationships already established when Margaret Thatcher first appears — nothing from later episodes.

• Elizabeth II — Two Englands, weekly

Which group does Margaret Thatcher belong to?

By the time Margaret Thatcher appears, Downing Street also includes Winston Churchill.

Who else is introduced in this episode?

• Diana Spencer — The girl the cameras chose

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