Early Life
Carol Thatcher and her twin brother, Sir Mark Thatcher, Bt, were born six weeks prematurely in 1953. According to Margaret Thatcher, her husband Denis responded to seeing his children for the first time: "My god, they look like rabbits. Put them back." Margaret Thatcher was selected for Finchley in 1958 and was elected as a member of Parliament in 1959. The following year, Carol was sent to Queenswood School, a girls boarding school in Hertfordshire. Thatcher studied law at University College London before moving to Australia in 1977 to begin a journalism career. While there, her mother was elected Prime Minister. Thatcher has said, "You need quite good shock absorbers and a sense of humour to be the Prime Minister's child."
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