Margaret Thatcher’s Bag Sales Jump

SALES of Margaret Thatcher's preferred handbag styles have jumped 53 per cent since her death two weeks ago.The Bellini and Adagio by Launer London have seen a significant surge in popularity, with the biggest sales spike yesterday - the day of the Baroness' funeral.

Thatcher's relationship with the British brand - also a favourite of the Queen - began after the company's chief executive, Gerald Bodmer, gave the former Prime Minister one of the label's bags as a present, accompanied by a newspaper cartoon showing her hitting Argentina with her handbag - a reference to the Falklands War fought between Argentina and the UK.

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