Who is Mark Thatcher and did he really go missing as shown in 'The Crown' on Netflix?

Crown season 4 follows in Thatcher years, introducing British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (played by Gillian Anderson in Crown cast). In Netflix royal biopic, Crown, Iron Ly is seen he to he with monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, in dition to embarking on a brutal Cabinet reshuffle. Her opinions never waver, including her thoughts on which of her twins, Mark, and Carol Thatcher is her favourite child. However, when that favourite, Mark Thatcher (Freddie Fox), goes missing during 1982 Paris-Dakar motor rally, his disappearance proves to be a chink in his mor’s steel armour.

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Who is Mark Thatcher?

Mark Thatcher was born in 1953. Mark is son of earlier British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Sir Denis Thatcher. He has a twin sister, Carol Thatcher. Mark was reportedly Margaret Thatcher’s favourite child, as seen in Crown. In February 1980 it was stated that Mark would model clos for a Japanese firm in exchange for a motor racing sponsorship. news caused r among Labour MPs based in Britain’s textile areas; Mark initially threatened to leave Britain, before later anuncing that he h dropped his plan to race in Japan.

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When and how did he go missing? 

On January 12, 1982, Mark Thatcher was stated missing in Sahara while he was taking part in Paris-Dakar rally which was an international motor race. He, his French co-driver, and ir mechanic were last seen on January 10, near Mali-Algerian border, but were t reported missing until two days later. Mark h told a BBC reporter before competing that he h n raced in Le Mans and or things and that rally was problem.

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On evening of January 12, Queen sent a private mess of concern to Mark’s mor, Margaret Thatcher. An extensive rescue effort began, and his far Denis Thatcher flew out to Algeria to join search. next day, January 13, Margaret Thatcher was said to have broken down in tears between foyer of a London hotel while on her way to a public engment.

Larrain Goldstein, owner of a handbag boutique in Imperial Hotel in Russell Square, told reporters that Thatcher stumbled and was crying and weeping. n she composed herself and said that she would be all right. Margaret Thatcher cancelled her meeting with Hungarian Foreign Minister before she returned to her private rooms at Downing Street. Later, Mark Thatcher was found alive and well at Taoumdert on Thursday, January 14, 1982, 50km off course.

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