Gifts to the former prime minister were saved from destruction by a waste worker.
A portrait of Margaret Thatcher which was rescued from a waste disposal site is to be sold at auction.
The unsigned oil painting was a gift to the former prime minister and was kept in a storage unit in London. It was sent for disposal 20 years ago when it was left uncollected and was rescued by the seller's father, who worked in the waste industry.The painting of Mrs Thatcher, from Grantham in Lincolnshire, was a birthday present from Professor Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, who later became president of Indonesia.
A brass plaque on the artwork says: "From a true friend and admirer with sincere best wishes on your birthday, 13th October 1995."It was discovered along with other official gifts to Mrs Thatcher including photographs and a bronze bust of former U.S. President, Ronald Reagan.The painting will be auctioned at an event at Stansted Mountfitchet in Essex later.
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