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MT: MT letter to child, David Liddelow (Jesus as an example) ["your father is right in saying that we can never be perfect as He was"] [released 2011]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: Thatcher MSS (Churchill Archive Centre): THCR 3/2/24 (119)
Editorial comments: A copy of the original letter from David Liddelow, aged 9, dated 15 March 1980, was published in the Daily Express on 11 April 2013. He wrote that: "Last night when we were saying prayers my Daddy said everyone has done wrong things excep [sic] Jesus. // I said I don't think you have done bad things because you are the Prime Minister. // Am I right or is my Daddy?" The exchange was quoted by the Bishop of London in his address at MT's funeral in St Paul's on 17 April 2013.
Importance ranking: Minor
Word count: 2pp
Themes: Religion & morality, MT messages to and from world leaders