It seems a long time ago when Emmanuel Macron rose to the top of a
Madmoizelle
poll on the “most coveted” politicians in the world.
In 2015, the future president is still only Minister of the Economy, and his charisma does not escape the French.
The same year, however, he offers his first official appearance on the arm of his wife Brigitte, who celebrates, this Thursday, April 13, 2023, his 70th birthday.
He who remained, until now, discreet about his private life – to avoid any scandal in the tabloids – thus chooses to bring it into the light.
And this, on the occasion of a state dinner in honor of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain.
An event attended of course by François Hollande, the president at the time, but also Ségolène Royal and Stéphane Bern.
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An extraordinary couple
In this June 2, 2015, Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron therefore appear all smiles in the courtyard of the Élysée.
The minister wears a black suit, matching the dress of his wife, herself wearing bright red pumps.
The couple allow themselves multiple gestures of affection, holding each other in turn by the hand and by the waist.
Before posing, beaming, on the steps of the presidential palace.
Very quickly, the media became interested in their age gap - one was 62, the second 37. And underlined the fact that Emmanuel Macron was already a grandfather: his wife had two daughters and a son from from a previous union, which gave him several grandchildren.
The newspapers are also quick to revisit the unusual love story of this couple.
They thus return to the meeting between Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron, while the first was in first class, and the second his theater teacher.
An idyll that ended in 2007 with a wedding celebrated in Le Touquet, long before Emmanuel Macron took office, appointed Minister of the Economy in 2014. At a time when the couple perhaps did not imagine live, one day, under the golds of the Élysée.
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