Ornamental box given that Boris Yeltsin gave to Betty Boothroyd when she was Commons Speaker sells for £2,400 – nearly 50 times its £50 estimate Ornamental box given to Baroness Betty Boothroyd sold for 48 times estimate Boris Yeltsin gave the former Commons Speaker the box which sold for £2,400 She auctioned off around 70 … Read more
Ornamental box given that Boris Yeltsin gave to Betty Boothroyd when she was Commons Speaker sells for £2,400 – nearly 50 times its £50 estimate Ornamental box given to Baroness Betty Boothroyd sold for 48 times estimate Boris Yeltsin gave the former Commons Speaker the box which sold for £2,400 She auctioned off around 70 … Read more
Baroness Betty Boothroyd is selling a haul of gifts she received during her eight years as Speaker of the House of Commons – because they won’t fit inside her new country cottage. The 91-year-old former MP, who is the only woman to have been elected Speaker of the Commons, is auctioning off around 40 decorative items she was … Read more