Sexy Supermodel Carla Bruni Ropes French President in Versailles
By Debra Beste
Feb 5, 2008
French president Nicolas Sarkozy and the very sexy Carla Bruni, the Italian-born supermodel-turned-singer, married at the Elysée Palace in a secret civil ceremony on Saturday that lasted around 20 minutes. The pair spent their wedding night in La Lanterne, a former hunting lodge near the palace at Versailles and they were spotted yesterday taking a stroll, hand-in-hand, in Versailles' gardens.
Sexy Supermodel Carla Bruni Ropes French President in Versailles (Image: Wenn)
The couple refused to issue an official wedding portrait and instead invited a scrum of photographers to pursue them on a stroll through the park after spending the night at Versailles' hunting lodge, which they had made their weekend retreat. They kissed and whispered over a coffee in the palace grounds, reports the UK Telegraph.
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It is barely eleven weeks after their first meeting, but the marriage is an act advisers hoped would stem his dire poll ratings and draw a line under the celebrity romance that has enthralled and nauseated the nation. Francois Lebel, mayor of Paris' eighth arrondissement, who conducted the service, told Europe-1 radio that the bride looked "ravishing as usual", and "the groom wasn't bad, either".
There was speculation that former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who was in Paris for a meeting, also attended. Bruni wore a white, knee-length dress with a 4-inch wide navy-blue band around the hem, by Paris designer Hermès.
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The couple's first major state visit will be to Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace next month. The president is also due to visit French Guyana next week, where he publicly appeared with Cécilia before the election to show the nation their relationship was still intact.
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