Margaret Thatcher's bodyguard would carry her high heels into the Kremlin and the ex-prime minister wore trousers only down a coal mine, according to an auction catalogue of her belongings. Charles Powell, who acted as her private secretary, said Thatcher borrowed a fur coat and boots when she attended Soviet leader Yury Andropov's funeral because of the harsh winter weather in February 1984. “Her Special Branch bodyguard loomed behind her, his pockets bulging with what Russian security assumed to be impressive weaponry,” Powell was quoted as saying in the catalogue published this week.
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High heels in the Kremlin: Thatcher’s style secrets