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The Prime Minister Boris Johnson paid his respects through Twitter. He said: "Very sad to hear the news of Margaret Tebbit’s death. "She was a brave woman who showed enormous fortitude in her suffering after the 1984 Brighton bombing. "My thoughts are with Norman and their family at this difficult time." Very sad to hear the news of Margaret Tebbit’s death. She was a brave woman who showed enormous fortitude in her suffering after the 1984 Brighton bombing. My thoughts are with Norman and their family at this difficult time.— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) December 22, 2020 Norman and M...

Politician's wife survived IRA party conference bombing Politician's wife survived IRA party conference bombing December 23, 2020 — 3.25pm Normal text size Advertisement Lady Tebbit, who has died aged 86, suffered severe spinal injuries when the IRA bombed the Grand Hotel at Brighton during the 1984 Conservative conference, also seriously injuring her husband, the Trade and Industry Secretary Norman Tebbit. Though paralysed below the neck, Margaret Tebbit fought back, with the support of her husband, to lead a reasonably full life within the constraints of her need for 24-hour care. She cam...

The scene of the bombing on October 12, 1984 "I'm glad to say that she never forgave those who blew up the Grand Hotel," Lord Tebbit remarked. "We all know it's a Christian duty to forgive - but not those who will not repent, and of course the people who did this have never repented; they were joyful about what they had done." Belfast IRA man Patrick Magee was convicted of planting the killer bomb and given eight life sentences at the Old Bailey in 1986, with a recommendation that he spend at least 35 years in jail. He was released in 1999 under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.

“She was much loved and will be much missed.” The Tebbits were both badly injured when a bomb ripped through the Victorian seafront hotel in Brighton during the 1984 Conservative Party conference, killing five and injuring 34. A photograph of the then trade secretary being stretchered from the wreckage in his pyjamas became one of the enduring images of the attack. The Tebbits were both badly injured when a bomb ripped through the Grand Hotel in Brighton (Image: PA) Lady Tebbit, then 50, spent two years undergoing treatment at Stoke Mandeville Hospital and the Royal National Orthopaedic H...

Boris Johnson has paid tribute to Lady Margaret Tebbit after she passed away aged 86.  Writing on Twitter, the Prime Minister paid a heartfelt tribute to Lady Tebbit, calling her a 'brave woman who showed enormous fortitude.' The PM added: 'Very sad to hear the news of Margaret Tebbit's death. She was a brave woman who showed enormous fortitude in her suffering after the 1984 Brighton bombing. My thoughts are with Norman and their family at this difficult time.'  Lady Tebbit, who was paralysed in the notorious 1984 IRA Brighton bombing that also left her then Cabinet member husband Norman ...