Carla Bruni Gives Queen And Prince Philip Four Crowns

CARLA Bruni, wife to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, La Belle France’s answer to Lempit Opik and his Cheeky Girl, is in conversation with Paris Match magazine.

The Mail listens in and hears Carla mention her trip to Britain.

Says she: “It was like arriving on another planet. Never in my life did I think I would meet the Queen of England.”

And what of that meeting in the Windsors’ rarefied air? She recalls how at Windsor Castle, Her Majesty showed Carla around and opened a door with a cheery: “Here’s your bathroom.”

She goes on to comment on Prince Philip’s “impeccable French” and bills him as “a fantastic guide”.

It all sounds less like an interview than words taken from a comments’ card left in her Windsor chambers, an appraisal of the service on offer.

Carla finds the breakfast “satisfactory”, gives the decor four out of five crowns and writes in the visitors’ book: “The staff were very good, and look as though they have been doing it for a very long, long time.”

The only let down was the Castle shuttle bus, a battered white Fiat Uno, which though economical lacks the style France’s First Lady has become accustomed to…

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Posted: 8th, May 2008 | In: Politicians, Queen Elizabeth and Phil, Royal Family, Tabloids Comments (2) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink