Makeup artist Mary Greenwell was ‘flattered’ to work with Margaret Thatcher

Mary Greenwell is appearing on Desert Island Discs (BBC/PA) -

Makeup artist Mary Greenwell has 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.