Le divorce for first couple

19 October 2007 - 02:00
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PARIS - French newspapers yesterday ran front-page stories reporting that President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Cecilia have initiated divorce proceedings.

PARIS - French newspapers yesterday ran front-page stories reporting that President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Cecilia have initiated divorce proceedings.

The Liberation said Cecilia appeared on Monday before a judge to request a divorce by consent. Sarkozy's spokesman refused to comment on "press rumours".

Before the May election Cecilia, a former model, made it clear she did not see herself as a conventional first lady, telling an interviewer that the idea "bores me". - Sapa