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My Word: What does your handbag mean to you?

The most expensive handbag in the world is a Mouawad 1001 Nights Diamond Purse. It has held that position in the Guinness Book of World Records since 2011. You can get it for a little (eh...a lot) over USD3.8 million. In shillings, that is 3,800,000 and two more zeros. I’m not going to add them myself because I consider the figure quite vulgar.

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