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Ooh la la – Sarkozy's wife enchants Britain

PAUL MAJENDIE

Reuters

Latest comment posted at 6:34 AM EDT 27/03/08

Newspapers hail Carla Bruni as a fashion queen who could be the new Princess Diana ...Read the full article

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  1. Billy Bob from Saskatchewan from Canada writes: yawn

    Do they actually do any government stuff in France or is this it?
  2. Simon Croswell from Toronto, Canada writes: Carla Bruni is the Heather Mills of France. It won't be long before Sarkozy jettisons her for something fresher.
  3. Levap K from Burlington, Canada writes: Would anybody remember Trudeau and his women, pirouette and the rest of his enchilada?
  4. Ob Server from Canada writes: Newspapers' motto used to be: 'All the news thats' fit to print.' The G&M should go back to that.
  5. Maria Loi from Vancouver, Canada writes: Please show some respect for Princess Diana!
    I am not a fan of hers but this lady cannot be compared to Princess Diana, not even to our of Princess Diana's foot!
  6. Levap K from Burlington, Canada writes: Maria Loi from Vancouver, Canada writes: Please show some respect for Princess Diana!
    I am not a fan of hers but this lady cannot be compared to Princess Diana, not even to our of Princess Diana's foot!
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    It is amazing this coming from a woman! I guess her adultery is sainted.
  7. Maria Loi from Vancouver, Canada writes: spelling error
    our should be one
  8. CD W from Canada writes: I dont think this lady wants to see the fall of the Royal Family as the other one did. Big difference.
  9. Darphin Cofa from Canada writes: Yes, Carla Bruni should not be compared to Princess Diana. She's superior to Diana in every respect.
  10. Rusty Waters from Canada writes: Everybody loves a good looking woman as the wife of their leader. I guess when a man gets to be the leader of a country he is likely has some alpha male characteristics in him and gets to date the good looking women. She is no don't an attractive woman and she can't help it if the public sees her as a princess like Lady Dianna. It's refreshing isn't it, because usally policticans and politics is loading with too much negativity. I guess Maragaret Trudeau and Trudeau were Canada's Princess and Prince for awhile. I remember in University all the girls thought Pierre Trudeau was hot and the males thought Maragaret was hot too. Spring is close romance is in the air.
  11. Akbar M from Regina, Canada writes: Next Diana, eh? So we can expect breathless accounts of her daily activities and eventually heavy coverage of her sordid affairs and embarrassing divorce and finally death in a freak accident with a final call for her sainthood by her adoring public? I hope not but you're probably right. ich.
  12. Eris Korenyx from The Heart of Hell, Canada writes: Sarkozy is a kook. What bizarre antic will he spring next, I wonder?
  13. HS . from Toronto, Canada writes: Diana...who?
  14. Zando Lee from Vancouver, Canada writes: ....yes, but can she type?.....
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    B T from Lost In Cyberspace, Canada writes: Let's hope that when the dinner rolls run out at the state banquet she doesn't call out 'pas une probleme, nous mangerons des cake.'
  16. Stude Ham from Outremont, Canada writes: That about sums up the impact and substance of sarkozy's british excursion. totally useless.
  17. ROBERT DE KRIEGER from France writes: Shawn Bull: You're an embarrassment to Canada. Have you ever been to France?
  18. Jeremy K from vancouver canada, Canada writes: diana was 19 and had a squeeky clea image whnen she met charles. Carla is anything but squeeky clean.

    sorry but the fact that both carla and diana are/were hot and dresses well isnt enough to make this comparison
  19. Rain Couver from Canada writes: This is important to Canadians how?
  20. Clive Gingell from Canada writes: Ms Bruni is Italian.
  21. brokeback mountain from toronto, Canada writes: is she going to beijing and attend the olympics?
  22. Zando Lee from Vancouver, Canada writes: ...what really enchanted the English, was the full frontal nudity photograph of her, published in time to commorate her visit.....
  23. C M from Calgary, Canada writes: Simon Croswell from Toronto, Canada writes: Carla Bruni is the Heather Mills of France. It won't be long before Sarkozy jettisons her for something fresher.

    Actually Simon, Carla herself has admitted in another interview that she has a habit of not hanging around for long, so we'll see who decides to kick who out of bed first ; )
  24. Wandering Willy from Victoria, Canada writes: I am a huge fan of any beautiful women that don't mind getting naked.
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    G. Veneta from Calgary, Canada writes: WHATEVER!!

    She's a former model. Wow, such stunning credentials. Good genes. I think she has made Sarkozy a laughing joke.

    I for one don't think Sarkozy has a clue how to run a country but is more interested in the parties and limelight that comes with the job.

    Get to work Sarkozy. Maybe the missus could something of value instead of shop.
  26. Neil Garret from Canada writes: Carla is truly beautiful. Diana was not.
    Sarkozy is such a refreshing change from the idiots France has had the misfortune of being ruled by in the last 30 years.
  27. Cognitively Cogitative from The Far, Far East, Canada writes: I'm disappointed that theres no link to the nude photo
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    G. Veneta from Calgary, Canada writes: To make this comparison to Lady Diana is pure insult to Diana. This past her due date- for modeling that is- and otherwise incredibly unremarkable woman with exception to 'looks good for 40' is in this for fame and fortune. I think both she and Sarkozy are pure narcissists and neither of them are French. The French should be outraged.

    The British tabloids are such trash that one wonders what has happened to that once noble country.

    This is what our politics are reduced to. Hollywood narcissism and nothing of substance.
  29. steve allan from Welland, Ontario, Canada writes: Carla Bruni is a talented woman. Go to youtube and listen to her songs. She is a very good singer, Too bad she married Psychozy!
  30. steve allan from Welland, Ontario, Canada writes: -----G. Veneta from Calgary, Canada writes: To make this comparison to Lady Diana is pure insult to Diana. This past her due date- for modeling that is- and otherwise incredibly unremarkable woman with exception to 'looks good for 40' is in this for fame and fortune. I think both she and Sarkozy are pure narcissists and neither of them are French. The French should be outraged.-----

    Wrong. Carla's family moved to France when she was five-years old. She is French of Italian descent. Your apparent idolatry of Diana Spencer is not only laughable, it's pathetic. That woman was one of the most useless beings ever to ever walk the earth. She was nothing more than a womb for royal procreation. The woman never worked a day in her life, had no discernible talent, unless you consider partying and playing cat-and-mouse games with paparazzi a talent! She's was nothing more than Paris Hilton with a crown.
  31. Richard Hawrelak from Sarnia, Canada writes: Only the Brits have the guts to print the abridged photo.

    http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/26/britain.france/?iref=hpmostpop
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    diane marie from calgary, Canada writes: Well, no doubt she had help and an unlimited budget, but she was dressed beautifully. Very, very understated. I think it quite refreshing after seeing cleavage and muffin-tops ad nauseum (eye-candy for the boys notwithstanding). I am reminded not of Mrs. Kennedy but of Audrey Hepburn. These are not throw-away clothes but classics, and for the sake of the environment if nothing else, a return to clothes that one would wear more than once is always a thought.
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    diane marie from calgary, Canada writes: steve allan:-- Diana had her problems (an utterly dysfunctional family doesn't help), but your dismissal of her is rather unkind not to mention a bit inaccurate. In fact, she did briefly work (at a daycare) though she probably didn't have to. Don't forget that she married very young, virginity being a prerequisite at the time. Many will say that Royal Family work is not really work, but she more than did her bit for the tourist attraction that is British Royalty. She also did much to humanize the victims of AIDS at a time when people were more inclined to shun them, and she brought attention to the matter of land-mines.
  34. Thomas D'Arcy McGee from Canada writes:
    'Is Carla the new Diana?'

    Why? Is she a vapid, superficial, spoiled self-centred do-nothing whose only skill is waving at the camera while she holds sick babies in carefully orchestrated phot-ops designed to resuscitate her hopeless image?

    If she is, then yes, she's the new Diana and the Brit working class will have a new upper class boot to kiss. Extra funny as she's of the hated French persuasion.
  35. Raymond Lepage from Ottawa, Canada writes: Cognitively Cogitative from The Far, Far East, Canada writes: I'm disappointed that theres no link to the nude photo

    It's easy, all you have to do is google her name... (not that it necessarily means I checked myself, of course... :-)
  36. Dennis sinneD. from Calgary, Canada writes:

    Had to Image Google her... wow. Just, wow. And, wow.
  37. D. Clearwater from Lethbridge, AB, Canada writes: If after Sarkozy's visit, all that people can talk about is their reaction to his wife, I am afraid that says something really sad about us all. Is Carla the new Diana? Who cares. I mean... jeez. This is just bread and circuses to help the country forget that they participated in the utter destruction of a certain country in the Middle East. Ohhh, maybe she'll divorce Sarkozy and marry the young soldier-prince... wouldn't that just be dreamy!!!! I'd wait and wait and watch the marriage ceremony on TV all day, and buy the commemorative plates... and commemorative mug... and the official poster print.......... and ........
  38. Clive Gingell from Canada writes: steve allan & Thomas D'Arcy McGee: I do believe your portrayals of Diana are both accurate and understated.

    Keep up the good work!
  39. Mark Stone from Detroit, United States writes: It's odd - French and German TV focused on the speech to Parliament, moments with the Queen and the fact President Sarkozy was dubbed to the Order of the Bath, the French couple was received at Windsor, not typical for such meetings - and at many times during Sarkozy's speech to Parliament, several members on the bench were seen to nod in accord with President Sarkozy's speech, including Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Mrs. Sarkozy was dressed very quietly and the demeanor under the cameras was very unassuming and quiet. There was no "fashion show" efforts on her part at all. Very understated. Why didn't this paper cover the Official State visit? It's wierd if not wrong. "Europe cannot be truly Europe without the full participation of the United Kingdom" the French president said, and was lauded with a standing ovation at the end of his speech.
  40. Dave Robinson from Toronto, Canada writes: This is going to prover to Sarkozy's "Kristen" very soon. This 'Lady' is nothing short of a prostitute herself. It kind of tells you where Sarkozy's standards lay and therefore what the worth of morality is. Harper needs on of these Kristens to match his morality standard.
  41. Cameron Reid from Toronto, Canada writes: Neil Garret - too true. Carla is hot, Diana looked like a nearsighted horse in pearls.
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    diane marie from calgary, Canada writes: Clive Gingell:-- Apparently, you consider it "good work" to dismiss someone who actually managed to do a bit of it. Celebrity, vapid or otherwise, is something made possible by those who do the celebrating. Those who clicked on this story, offered links, checked out Ms. Bruni's nude photos, and then made free with comments actually enable the very thing they pretend to sneer at. There would be no coverage were there no market, and the market is provided by many who pretend to be above it all. They may fool themselves.
  43. Clive Gingell from Canada writes: diane marie: My only comment on Ms Bruni was that she was Italian; as to Diana, she WAS a vapid, attention seeking airhead whose 'good works' were merely a vehicle to put her front & centre for photo ops.
  44. Michael Leblanc from Toronto, Canada writes: I don't give a hot damn about Sarko's visit to England or his latest wife. I've been nauseated the last few days by the ridiculous wasted news reports of the man cruising around with excessive pomp and licking the boots of the British Parliament. Pathetic.
    His leadership is a joke and it's a bigger joke that he was elected in the first place - riding around in horse drawn carriages etc etc. is not going to alter the fact that he's toast come next election. Maybe Paris Hilton is up for the job.
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    Diane Schweik from EDMONTON, Canada writes: .

    I feel sorry for Carla having to endure being drooled over by an obviously besotted McBroon.Imagine being kissed by a lamprey and you get the idea.
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    diane marie from calgary, Canada writes: Clive Gingell:-- My point is that there are celebrities and celebrants - one could not exist without the other. As with all symbiotic relationships, each side must get something or feel that it is getting something. So, Diana sought that which she craved - attention (which she took to be love, and in a manner of speaking it was) - and, in return, her "public" received whatever it was that they craved (a fashion idol, a role model, an activist, a target for ridicule, etc.).

    None of us would wish to be defined by our biggest mistake or our most objectionable personality trait, though it is undoubtedly tempting to define others that way, particularly if one would rather not take the trouble to recognize that most people are a complex bundle of the good and not-so-good. A fleeting sense of superiority is to be obtained by keeping judgments simple.
  47. Raymond Lepage from Ottawa, Canada writes: Diane Marie from Calgary: Thank you, I couln't have said it better! Each and every one of us is a little bit of everyone else. This is what makes us "human beings", warts and all...
  48. David Simon from Canada writes: The English are just trying to dispell the belief among the French that most of their men are, how should I put it, members of the Globe and Mail's male target readership.
  49. Andrei Popov from toronto, Canada writes: It`s like comparing Montreal girls vs Toronto girls...ooh la la !!
  50. Stewart Mawdsley from Fort Smith, NWT, Canada writes: Good grief - the only thing worse than the fact that this made the news at all is the fact that it provokes such strong reactions in people. The British press/tabloids are pathetic in every regard - yes they print what sells so the public is to blame as well, but you could find a lot more to print.

    Carla Bruni does not have much of a voice (she's a chain smoker and sounds like Joni Mitchell on her deathbed) but yet she's managed to write some quite beautiful songs (youtube 'quelqu'un m'a dit, tu mamais encore', a very haunting, lovely song.

    Leave Diana out of it. At least she did a lot of charity work, let her RIP
  51. Raymond Durrani from Ajax, Canada writes: This is garbage - nonsense gossip - wife, ex-wife and husband/not now husaband - is it other people business what goes in their bedroom? Shame on all those who want to talk about it - espacially on the pulic forum. What is personal life - has no one's business - and they should all stay out of it. He is not selling the country to a foreign power.
  52. Jo Geoghegan from Canada writes: Might not be so hot for you Brody, but she's pretty hot for us 50 years plus men out here...................................
    Oh! to think of it. Oh! to dream of it fills my heart with glee and stuff.
    That YOU should be so lucky, me bhoyo. She's a perfect dream, just like Jackie, Diana, and our own Margaret T. Not to mention Camilla of the Squashed Pheasant Hat ( did ya see it ) the future Queen of Canada, for the race day outings. Still, Camilla IS a lovely name, and I hear that she's a lovely person to speak to. Lordy lord!
    Now that's what we need in this frozen wasteland ( sorry, The Great White North). A bit of real bona fide Italian-Franco glamour.

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