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French president Hollande 'preparing to marry mistress on his 60th birthday' seven months after affair with actress was made public
- Claim over Francois Hollande made in sensational French media reports
- Has been plagued by rumours since Valerie Trierweiler left him in January
- Julie Gayet, 42, has kept low profile ever since the affair was made public
Francois Hollande is preparing to marry his mistress
on his 60th birthday next month, according to sensational media reports in
France.
The country’s bachelor president has been plagued by
rumours about his personal life since splitting up with his live-in-girlfriend
in January.
Valerie Trierweiler, 49, had to leave the Elysee when
Mr Hollande’s secret affair with Julie Gayet, a 42-year-old actress, was made
public.
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Claims:
President Francois Hollande (left) is preparing to marry his mistress Julie Gayet
(right), a 42-year-old actress, on his 60th birthday next month, according to
sensational media reports in France
Miss Gayet has kept a low profile ever since –
refusing to even acknowledge she is seeing the head of state – but may now be
preparing to tie the knot.
Midi
Libre, the highly respected newspaper, is one of many which reports:
‘The President of the Republic could make official his relationship with Julie
Gayet by marrying her on August 12, the date of his sixtieth birthday.’
A Socialist Party source meanwhile told the Parisien
newspaper: ‘It’s been three months that we have been hearing that he
intends to formalise his relationship with Julia Gayet on August 12, when they
will marry.’
The rumours intensified on July 14, Bastille Day, when
Mr Hollande was asked directly about his private life in a live interview. Mr
Hollande said: ‘When I have information, I’ll communicate it, I’ll do it, but I
have none.’
According to the new claims, arrangements have now
been made for a simple civic ceremony.
Mr Hollande, a Socialist, has never expressed any
interest in the institution of marriage before, despite having four children
with his Ecology Minister, Segolene Royal, another former girlfriend.
'When I have information, I’ll communicate it, I’ll do
it, but I have none'
Francois Hollande
But it is thought that Mr Hollande has felt
increasingly uncomfortable attending official engagements without an official
partner.
If the marriage goes ahead, it will mean that France
will have another ‘celebrity’ first lady, following four years of former
supermodel and pop singer Carla Bruni, up until 2012.
While Julie Gayet, a divorced mother of two, is barely
known internationally, she is a well-known TV actress in France, having
regularly appeared in a number of programmes, films and talk shows.
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Comparison:
If the marriage goes ahead, it will mean that France will have another
'celebrity' first lady, after four years of former supermodel and pop singer Carla
Bruni (pictured with Nicolas Sarkozy), up until 2012
Despite this, she launched civil proceedings against
magazines for publishing pictures of Mr Hollande arriving at flat in Paris on
the back of a moped.
'It’s been three months that we have been hearing that
he intends to formalise his relationship with Julia Gayet on August 12, when
they will marry'
Socialist Party source
She and the President were using the love nest, almost
next door to the Elysee Palace, for secret trysts while Ms Trierweiler portrayed
herself as first lady.
Ms Trierweiler suffered an emotional breakdown when
she heard about the deception, checking herself into hospital for more than a
week.
In recent weeks there have been rumours that Mr
Hollande and Ms Trierweiler were intending to get back together again, but a
marriage involving Miss Gayet would of course end all hope.
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