Thatcher's famous handbag hits the auctioneers

Margaret Thatcher's famous handbag - the symbol of her authority as Britain's prime minister - is being auctioned for charity, The Sunday Times newspaper reported. "The handbag that terrorised ministers", as the broadsheet put it, is expected to fetch £100,000 ($165,000, 113,000 euros) when it goes under the hammer at Christie's on June 27.
The black Asprey bag was the one Thatcher used most frequently on important occasions, such as summits with US president Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev during her 1979-1990 premiership.