Make-up artist to the stars says Thatcher was 'phenomenal'

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Makeup artist Mary Greenwell said she was “flattered” when she was asked to work with then-prime minister Margaret Thatcher.

Greenwell, who has worked with the likes of singer David Bowie, Princess Diana and actress Cate Blanchett, said she built up a good relationship with the late Conservative politician while doing her makeup for a BBC interview about the miners’ strikes.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, she said of the Iron Lady: “She was phenomenal – whether you liked her or not, she was still a phenomenal woman.

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“Was I nervous? Probably a bit, yes, let’s face it, but you know, quite flattered to be doing this woman’s makeup.

“It was actually for a BBC broadcast about the coal miners strike, and I