Cecilia blames divorce on her dislike of public life

CECILIA SARKOZY says her marriage to French President Nicolas Sarkozy failed just five months after his election because she hated life in the limelight.

Cecilia blames divorce on her dislike of public life

“For him, it’s like a violinist who has been given a Stradivarius, suddenly he has the chance to practice his art,” she told L’Est Republicain regional daily in an interview published yesterday. “It’s not the same thing for me.”

Mr Sarkozy’s office announced on Thursday that the couple had ended their 11-year marriage, making Cecilia’s stint as “first lady” the shortest in French history.

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