[Captain.Remy]

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has married his girlfriend, former model-turned-singer Carla Bruni, in Paris, an official statement said.

Francois Lebel, the mayor who performed the ceremony, told French Europe-1 radio that the bride wore white and looked "ravishing, as usual".

Mr Sarkozy's romance with Ms Bruni has been the subject of intense speculation in the French press for several months.

The president divorced his ex-wife, Cecilia, in October 2007.

According to the official statement, Mr Sarkozy, 53, and Ms Bruni, 40, were married "this morning in the presence of their families in the strictest privacy".

'Historic moment'

Mr Lebel said the ceremony was "a moment of family intimacy for the young newlyweds, of great simplicity and apparently a lot of affection between the spouses".

Mr Lebel called it a "historic moment" and said it was the first time a French president had married while in office, though historians pointed out that President Gaston Doumergue married in 1931, 12 days before leaving office.

Mr Sarkozy and Ms Bruni reportedly met in November, soon after Mr Sarkozy's divorce.

They went public with their relationship during a visit to Disneyland Paris, and they remained in the spotlight during trips to Egypt and Jordan.

Mr Sarkozy had hinted that a marriage was imminent.

Ms Bruni is a singer and former model who has a son from a former relationship.

Her past liaisons with Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton have been analysed in great detail and near-naked photographs of her from her modelling days have been dug out for the centrespreads.

Mr Sarkozy has a 10-year-old son, Louis, from his marriage to Cecilia and two sons, Pierre, 22, and Jean, 21, from his first marriage to Marie-Dominique Culioli.

The publicity surrounding Mr Sarkozy's personal life has come as a surprise in a country which is used to presidents keeping their love lives private.

Mr Sarkozy's approval ratings have suffered a drop during his courtship with Ms Bruni - and much of France's media puts the blame on the over-exposure of his private life.

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[KKBL]

congratulations to them two,they shouldent of made such a fuss about the ryanair advert if they where going to get married the next day.

[Captain.Remy]

Message original : CathalOS
congratulations to them two,they shouldent of made such a fuss about the ryanair advert if they where going to get married the next day.

I agree, and the ad wasn't that bad at all but well, this is the President.

[KKBL]

Originally posted by Captain.Remy

I agree, and the ad wasn't that bad at all but well, this is the President.

i thought it was funny when i seen it on the news.

[Captain.Remy]

Message original : CathalOS

i thought it was funny when i seen it on the news.

Lol yes it was, I mean, all the talk shows talk about that, comedians too, everybody laughs at it. But there are people who think it's definately not funny because the President is like a God, somebody we should respect.

[Pipergun]

Can I ask what the Ryanair advert was?

[KKBL]

Originally posted by Pipergun
Can I ask what the Ryanair advert was?

a ryanair advert appeared on a paper in Paris and there was a picture of Sarkozys wife(as of yesterday) and there was a cloud linking to her face saying "with ryanair all my family can come to the wedding" but she wants to sue them because the wedding was never confirmeed even thought the ad was printed a few days before the wedding.

[Captain.Remy]

Message original : Pipergun
Can I ask what the Ryanair advert was?

Ryanair has had a few PR own goals in recent months, from their flight attendants New Year calendar to ratcheting up their increasing arsenal of extra charges, it seems most of the media, including Lost Weekend, have been dumping on the world’s original budget airline. So it’s no surprise to hear the Ryanair PR machine winding up again, with the new Ryanair poster campaign, released this week an absolute Michael O Leary classic.

The advert, pictured above, shows French playboy, and part-time president, with his girlfriend, and model, Carla Bruni, with a thought bubble above Ms Bruni’s head saying “with Ryanair, my whole family can come to my wedding”. The theme picks up on the huge speculation in the media about the pair tying the knot in the near future.

Unfortunately, the French President has taken exception to being Ryanair's poster boy, claiming the advert was “ an improper use of the Presidents image” and Sarkozy is seemingly so humourless that he is looking into suing the airline. But lets be honest, that’s only going to heap more publicity onto Ryanair.

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