France's Hollande considers legal action over actress liaison report

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29. They were together so long it was regarded as a "common law" marriage, but no ceremony apparently.

The first one in line:

Although not married, Hollande was Royal’s dutiful common-law partner of nearly 30 years; ever at her side and always declaring his undying love for such a talented mother and politician. Royal, though, was unsuccessful in her bid for power and was defeated by Nicolas Sarkozy.

But it later emerged that Royal’s happy-family image was a facade. For at least two years, the couple had been living a sham in a brazen attempt to bolster her presidential chances. In truth, around 2005, Hollande had left Royal for Trierweiler, the Paris Match journalist then on her second marriage.
To the French public, the revelation offered the most dysfunctional public love triangle since Princess Diana famously revealed there were three in her marriage. Even the usually supportive, Left-leaning newspaper Liberation described Hollande as starring in the middle of a ‘psychodrama’.
A subsequent biography of herself, which Trierweiler tried to ban, even claimed that she was sharing her favours at the time with another man — the conservative politician, Patrick Devedjian.

In due course, Hollande and Royal split and he decided to run — successfully — for president himself. Naturally, Trierweiler (appearing in a black chiffon dress that had a high split and exposed her favourite nude tights) moved into the Elysee Palace with him and set about underscoring her triumph with a campaign of open hostility towards her previous love-rival, Royal.
Trierweiler was single-minded in her determination. Nicknamed Valerie ‘Rottweiler’, she was accused of demanding that Hollande’s political team removed a photo of Royal from his campaign literature.
She also berated any journalist who failed to mention that, despite their political allegiance, Royal and Hollande were no longer an item.

The latest is he's dumping this one, moving her out of the palace, and moving in the new one. She's being painted as "ambitious" -- the one being dumped -- which is newspeak for "conniving." All very soap-opera-ish. That kind of shit is a bit embarrassing at his age and stage of life.

I can't help but notice that they keep getting younger....perhaps he's unable to relate to people his own age...? Someone needs to tell him that youth, alas, is not contagious.


Anger by the public at the one being dumped:

France's first lady Valerie Trierweiler was rushed to hospital following news of President Francois Hollande’s affair with an actress, it has been reported.

The divorcee, 48, sought immediate help for depression upon learning of the 59-year-old President’s illicit relationship from media reports last Thursday.

Tonight she is still recovering in hospital, according to the Le Parisian newspaper, which said she had been prescribed ‘lots of rest.’

The news came ahead of speculation that she could become the first Premiere Dame in history to be kicked out of the President’s official residence, the Elysee Palace.

Opinion polls show the majority of the French public believe it could no longer be justified to support journalist Ms Treirweiler with public funds....Ms Trierweiler has made no formal comment since news of Mr Hollande’s cheating was made public on Friday, but sources to her say she is ‘incensed and humiliated’ by the scandal.

I think anyone who has to be so "messy" in his private life might struggle in his public life, also. He'd better get his act together.