Lot 143
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A BURGUNDY WOOL TWILL SUIT
We are leaving Downing Street for the last time after elevenand a half wonderful years and we are very happy that we leavethe United Kingdom in a very, very much better state thanwhen we came here eleven and a half years agoMargaret Thatcher, 28 November 1990
A BURGUNDY WOOL TWILL SUIT

BY AQUASCUTUM, 1990

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A BURGUNDY WOOL TWILL SUIT
BY AQUASCUTUM, 1990
With velvet lapels and covered buttons, with cream silk and lace modesty panel

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Lot Essay

Margaret Thatcher wore this suit as she left number 10 Downing Street for the last time as Prime Minister on 28 November 1990. After briefly addressing the assembled press with the short statement We are leaving Downing Street for the last time..., Mr. & Mrs. Thatcher then left Downing Street for Buckingham Palace where the Prime Minister formally gave her resignation to HM the Queen. Mrs. Thatcher also wore this suit for her first post Prime Ministerial speech as a back bencher on the subject of the Gulf War.

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