Former French president Valery Giscard d’Estaing dies aged 94

BBC undated handout photo of former French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing (Jeff Overs/BBC Handout/PA)

Valery Giscard d’Estaing, the former French president who deeply lamented Brexit and wrote a novel hinting at an affair with Princess Diana, has died aged 94 after contracting Covid-19.

In a statement on Twitter, the Valery Giscard d’Estaing Foundation said he died at his home in the Loir-et-Cher region of central France following a short stay in hospital.