Tag: margaret
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Eagle gift from Reagan fetches top price in Thatcher sale
A gift from former U.S. President Ronald Reagan fetched top price in a sale of ex British prime minister Margaret Thatcher's personal possessions which raised more than 3 million pounds ($4.5 million) overall, auctioneer Christie's said. Reagan's gift to Thatcher of an American bald eagle figure fetched the highest sum, 266,500 pounds, and was sold…
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Margaret Thatcher’s power suits, handbags go on sale
Handbags, clothes and jewelry owned by the late British prime minister Margaret Thatcher are to go on sale on Tuesday, with some items expected to fetch up to 180,000 pounds ($273,000). Up to 350 “historic and personal lots” related to Thatcher are on offer, and include Britain's only woman prime minister's wedding dress, her red…
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Burberry reveals Spring/Summer 2016 campaign
Burberry has unveiled its Spring/Summer 2016 advertising campaign, featuring the hottest up-and-coming talents in the fashion world.
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High heels in the Kremlin: Thatcher’s style secrets
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…