Confidences with an open heart on the set of the "Grand Échiquier" Friday evening on France 3. For the last program of the season, Claire Chazal invited the former President of the Republic Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni in a program devoted to the radiation of French culture.
The former presidential couple were among the guests of the famous program founded by Jacques Chancel, alongside singer Marc Lavoine, actress Elsa Zylberstein, violinist Renaud Capuçon, director of the Louvre Laurence des Cars and even the star dancer of the Paris Opera François Alu.
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Speaking throughout the show, the former head of state was particularly attentive to his wife, sometimes showing an unexpected romanticism, and thus revealing an unknown facet of his personality.
He mentioned in particular in a sequence the memory of their first official trip together.
When the president and the first lady travel to London in 2008, they meet the royal couple formed by Queen Elizabeth II and Duke Philip of Edinburgh.
The former president says: “I remember Carla's first official trip, we slept in Windsor.
We arrived at the entrance to this small town, the queen was waiting for us, there was an all-white carriage drawn by eight white horses in which I rode alongside Elizabeth II”.
Carla Bruni sings with her daughter Giulia
“I had my heart beating”
The statesman continues the anecdote which turns into a declaration of love: “Carla was in an all-black carriage drawn by eight black horses, with the Duke of Edinburgh.
When she came down, my heart was pounding, first with feelings and then with pride.
With his little hat on his head, I said to myself: “We are in
Breakfast at Tiffany's”
, and when she made the curtsey, I would have married her a second time”, he concludes finally, in front of a Carla Bruni- Sarkozy who laughs with emotion.
Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni met during a dinner organized by the publicist Jacques Séguéla in November 2007, were married on February 2, 2008, fourteen years ago.
An anniversary that the singer and model did not fail to celebrate with a “thank you Nicolas Sarkozy”.
