So what DID she see in him? Revealing: Carla Bruni and Nicolas Sarkozy on their trip to Egypt.

From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: February 16, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: Barbara Davies

AT THE Parisian dinner party where their heady, whirlwind courtshipcommenced at breakneck speed, Nicolas Sarkozy sat transfixed, listening toCarla Bruni strumming away on her guitar. The 53-year-old French President,dressed in a sober dark business suit and tie, tapped his fingersenthusiastically on the table and shouted 'bravo' at the end of every one ofthe Italian supermodel-turned-singer's soulful songs.

He had already bluntly told the glamorous society wife who was hosting theintimate soiree: 'I don't want to be impolite, but I have to turn my ...

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