A chief reporter at a weekly paper has undergone an unusual makeover which transformed her to look like Margaret Thatcher.
Mary Harris, left, the Tunbridge Wells chief reporter at the Kent and Sussex Courier, spent 40 minutes having her hair done in the style of the former Prime Minister as part of a story for the title.
A new film called The Iron Lady is due to be released later this year about the former Tory leader and Mary has written stories about the connection of one of the Courier’s local villages to Lady Thatcher.
The paper has also printed step-by-step details showing readers how to recreate her famous look.
For the transformation, Mary’s hair was set in rollers and she then sat under a dryer for 20 minutes before her hair was back-combed then teased into place and finished with extra-firm hair spray.
Mary said: “It wouldn’t be my normal choice of hairstyle but as the minutes went on I began channelling the Iron Lady.
“I was rather perturbed how similar to her I ended up looking!”
She received a round of applause from colleagues when she returned to the office and 30 people had looked at the photo within minutes it being posted on Twitter.
Lady Thatcher lived in Lamberhurst near Tunbridge Wells for many years and Meryl Streep will play her in the upcoming film.
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Thirty people had looked at the photo within minutes (of) it being posted on Twitter. Wow. We can rest easy. Sorry, but my dad looks more like my mum than Mary looks like Thatcher. Anyway who’d want to?
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In some Conservative circles this would be considered quite a turn on! Only in true blue Tunbridge Wells could you get away with this.
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Sweet baby Jebus. The resemblance is uncanny. She looks just like Basil Fawlty’s wife. Sorry, but can’t see the point – not enough to spend 40 minutes getting your hair done on a work day anyway.
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Wow. That must be one busy newsroom.
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Couldn’t she have just gone to Age Concern and bought a wig?
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