Shock news from across the Channel: French women do get fat, they have brattish, fussy-eater children, chipped nails, they sometimes sleep on their own wearing big cotton knickers and they do mind if their husband is enjoying cinq-à-sept trysts with his mistress. Continue reading…
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Valerie Trierweiler: A day in the life of France’s unofficial First Lady
The role of First Lady of France is not constitutionally defined. She has no specific legal status. Officially, she doesn’t exist.
But when Valérie Trierweiler, a career woman who was not married to the President, arrived at the Elysée Palace, it posed double trouble for the palace protocol. Continue reading…
Anne Penketh 