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 prime ministerial dispatch bag and a figure of an eagle given to her by former U.S. president Ronald Reagan. Known as the “Iron Lady”, Thatcher was Britain's longest-serving prime minister of the 20th century.
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Margaret Thatcher’s power suits, handbags go on sale
