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Thatcher returned to the?backbenches?as MP for Finchley for two years after leaving the premiership.?She retired from the House at the 1992 election, aged 66, saying that leaving the Commons would allow her more freedom to speak her mind. Thatcher spent her last years living quietly at home, sitting in an armchair in the drawing room, listening to classical music, watching her favourite TV programme, Songs of Praise, and skimming the newspapers. Occasionally, the Mirror reported, she went for lunch at a nearby hotel. Careers Foundation After leaving the House of Commons, Thatcher became the first former Prime Minister to set up a foundation;?the British wing of the Margaret Thatcher Foundation was dissolved in 2005 because of financial difficulties. Books In 1992. She wrote about her experiences as a world leader and a pioneering woman in the field of politics in two books: The Downing Street Years (1993) and The Path to Power (1995). In 2002, she published the book Statecraft, in which she offered her views on international politics. 3. Jobs Income In 1992, Thatcher was hired by the tobacco company?Philip Morris?as a geopolitical consultant for $250,000 per year and an annual contribution of $250,000 to her foundation. She also earned $50,000 for each speech she delivered. 4. Political opinions In August 1992, Thatcher called for NATO to stop the Serbian assault on?Gora?de?and?Sarajevo?to end?ethnic cleansing during the?Bosnian War. She compared the situation in Bosnia to the worst excesses of the Nazis, and warned that there could be a holocaust.?She had been an advocate of?Croatian?and?Slovenian?independence.? She made a series of speeches in the Lords criticising the?Maastricht Treaty, describing it as a treaty too far and stated I could never have signed this treaty.?She cited?A. V. Dicey?when stating that as all three main parties were in favour of the treaty, the people should have their say in a referendum.;Husbands death: 2003 Sir?Denis Thatcher?died o