Le Monde newspaper published a front-page apology today to ask for President Nicolas Sarkozy’s forgiveness after mixing up the names of his third wife, Carla Bruni, with his second, Cecilia.
“An unfortunate slip” caused it to write about Cecilia Bruni-Sarkozy in an article in Monday’s edition, the prestigious newspaper said. “We were of course referring to the wife of the head of state, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.
“To our readers, to Mr and Mrs Sarkozy, to Mrs Cecilia Attia, we present our most sincere apologies,” it wrote.
Sarkozy married pop star Bruni in February after last year divorcing his second wife, Cecilia, who recently married events organiser Richard Attias and lives with him in Dubai.