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Madame Sarkozy
In the list of fascinating 'first ladies' Argentina's Eva Peron, Monaco's Princess Grace, America's Jackie Kennedy and, of course, our own Princess Diana stand out as icons of the 20th Century. Then along came Carla The ex-supermodel dazzled everyone last week when she flew in for a state visit with her new husband, France's President Nicolas Sarkozy While women enviously eyed the former Ms Bruni's willowy figure, designer wardrobe and immaculate grooming, the men she met - from Prince Charles to the Prime Minister - just looked hopelessly smitten. Even the Queen's husband seemed enchanted by France's new First Lady The Duke of Edinburgh accompanied Carla in the Scottish State Coach as the royal welcoming procession rolled up the Long Walk into Windsor Castle quadrangle. The two then chatted together, pausing only when La Marseillaise was played By the end of the day, when they entered the state banquet at Windsor, it appeared the 86-year-old Iron Duke had completely melted under Carla's charm Prince Charles seemed equally taken with Italian-born beauty Carla. Welcoming the French guests at Heathrow, the Prince pressed her black-gloved hand to his lips with true Continental finesse Unfortunately for Carla, just 24 hours earlier Christie's auction house had released a pre-sale photograph of the First Lady wearing nothing but a smouldering look. It will go under the hammer in New York shortly Anxious to prove that the photo, taken 15 years ago, was a part of her rock-chick past and not her present - and conscious of her husband's declining popularity in French opinion polls - Carla defied her critics, slipping into her new public role as easily as she once glided down the fashion catwalks If the saucy shot was intended to embarrass the third Madame Sarkozy, it backfired, as it only heightened interest in her visit to our shores. Indeed, the eyes of the world's press were on London and its elegant guests. In America, the LA Times ran a front-page story on the visit with the headline "French First Lady Carla Steals Princess Di's Couture Crown". France's Le Figaro, meanwhile, simply declared the 40-year-old was "Queen of the Day As gun salutes by the King's Troop, the Royal Horse Artillery, boomed out across the Windsor Castle grounds, 53-year-old Mr Sarkozy, the son of a Hungarian refugee, swelled with pride at having such a dazzling wife. Even though 5ft 9in Carla towered above the 5ft 5in President - despite him wearing stacked heels - he couldn't have seemed happier. At every opportunity, Mr Sarkozy clasped his wife's hand and Keeping to her timeless style, the Queen greeted the couple wearing a multi-coloured wool tweed coat trimmed with black velvet and a matching brown sinamay feathered hat by the in-house design team of Kelly and Pordum.beamed at her Despite having received guidance on protocol, Carla still needed some help from the monarch During the welcoming ceremony, the Queen gently stopped Carla when she attempted to follow her husband to inspect a guard of honour Meanwhile, standing some yards away with several French cabinet ministers and the rest of the President's entourage was Carla's mother, Marisa Borini Tedeschi, who had also joined the carriage procession. A family illness forced the President's own mother, Andree, to drop out of the trip at the last minute After a private lunch, the guests and their hosts exchanged gifts. The Queen gave the President, a keen philatelist, framed blocks of stamps issued in 2004 to commemorate the centenary of the entente cordiale while Carla received a carriage clock. The Queen also bestowed on Mr Sarkozy the honorary title of Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath The President responded by giving the Queen the book Perfect Knowledge of Horses, published in French in 1743 by Jean de Saunier, Louis XV's general inspector of horses, as well as two Lalique crystal equine sculptures. The Duke was presented with a bronze statuette of a hunting dog The visitors were then shown an exhibition of memorabilia from the Royal Collection covering visits by past French heads of state Next, the President and his wife were whisked away to lay a wreath on the Tomb of the Unkown Soldier in Westminster Abbey, before visiting the Palace of Westminster, where Mr Sarkozv addressed both Houses of Parliament, receiving a standing ovation Throughout the day, the President repeated his wish that Britain and France's relationship should turn from an entente cordiale into an entente amicale, to which Prime Minister Gordon Brown responded that it would be "formidable The highlight of the stay at Windsor came when the President and his wife sat down to dine in St George's Hall with 12 members of the royal family, including the Princess Royal, the Duke of York, the Earl of Wessex and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, along with 146 other guests.
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If only Carla Buni-Sarkozy could sing like this, she might be taken seriously as a singer.
TGVbluestrain 3 years ago
MADAME SARKOZY
homero300o 3 years ago