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Diplomatic efforts by threatening to use force if negotiations failed to retake the islands and expel the invaders. When diplomacy failed, military action began immediately. Later, the conflict escalated and broke into amphibious and Ground Combat operations. Argentina capitulated on june 14. The operation was considered a success despite the loss of 258 british lives. British the electorate was impressed. The victory brought a wave of patriotic enthusiasm and increased support for the thatcher government. It is said that in those spring days the world was surprised to rediscover british patri...

Sir Peter Hordern, who has died on his 95th birthday, was a mainstay of the Conservative back benches for more than three decades. Lean, insightful and respected, he was elected to the 1922 Committee executive for 29 successive years, and served for 27 on the Public Accounts Committee.

The Prince of Wales attended Eton College from 1995 to 2000, and his Manor House home was kept private from the press – see rare photos and details of William's teenage accommodation.

QUENTIN LETTS: Nigel Lawson, described by his son Dominic as an 'adamantine atheist', was given a fine memorial service at St Margaret's, Westminster.

Margaret Thatcher only narrowly escaped the IRA bomb explosion in Brighton's Grand Hotel in 1984, which caused extensive damage and two deaths.