Sarkozy & Bruni: Another French Public Love Story
December 18th, 2007
By SWARAAJ CHAUHAN, International Columnist
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While the world media may be in a tizzy speculating about the recently-divorced French President’s new love affair, it should not surprise anyone if the French treat this development with a traditional Gallic shrug…as they did when President Francois Mitterrand had an affair with a young lover who had to be packed off to England when she became pregnant three decades ago.
President Nicolas Sarkozy, 52, and Miss Carla Bruni, 39, who is Italian, appeared happy to be photographed together with their respective children during a trip to Disneyland Paris at the weekend, reports The Telegraph. “the French president has begun a relationship with a former model two months after divorcing his wife, Cécilia.
“Reportedly a former lover of - among others - Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Donald Trump and an ‘eminent’ French socialist, Miss Bruni has a ‘legendary reputation as a man-eater’, according to Le Parisien.
“The pair reportedly met at a dinner held by advertising boss Jacques Séguéla last month in the gardens of the château de Versailles. The news ends weeks of feverish speculation over Mr Sarkozy’s private life, after rumours that he had been dating a Bosnian journalist and more recently, Laurence Ferrari, a French TV presenter. Miss Ferrari has sued two newspapers over the allegations.
“Mr Sarkozy’s biographer, Catherine Nay, pointed out that with her long legs, high cheekbones and cat-like eyes, Miss Bruni bears a striking resemblance to Mr Sarkozy’s former wife. ‘Men are often drawn to the same type of butterfly,’ she said.”
Meanwhile “French President Nicolas Sarkozy has asked Italian former supermodel Carla Bruni to marry him, La Stampa newspaper said Tuesday quoting Bruni’s mother.” More here… And here is the Time version.
An interesting French Disneyland story in the times of “war”, fatigue and confusion…
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