The story behind the Chancellor’s World Cup bag
14/07/2014
Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, was one of the most prominent spectators at the FIFA World Cup final in Rio de Janeiro on July 13. In the many images that went around the world of Dr Merkel celebrating her team’s 1-0 win over Argentina, a distinctive handbag featured regularly. The bag, shaped like a football, was in the national colours of...