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Margaret Thatcher statue lowered in her home town - despite 'egg throwing' threats

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A new statue of one of Britain's most divisive prime ministers has been lowered into place - despite threats of eggs being chucked at it.

The £300,000 statue of Baroness Margaret Thatcher is due to be unveiled in her home town of Grantham, Lincolnshire. Baroness Thatcher, who died aged 87 in April 2013, was Britain's first female prime minister and the country's longest-serving in the 20th century, winning three general elections.

But the Conservative's legacy is controversial - having overseen mass privatisation and the decline of industry in many towns across the country.

The statue had originally been intended for Parliament Square in Westminster, but has now been lowered into place on a 10ft-high granite plinth in Grantham.

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