Valery Giscard d'Estaing, 83, the former French president, has written romantic novel clearly modelled on himself and the late Diana, Princess of Wales. To be published next month, Giscard's "The Princess and the President" recounts the secret and passionate love of a French leader and a Welsh Princess.President Jacques-Henri Lambertye and Princess Patricia of Cardiff meet at the closing dinner of a G7 summit at a time when the young British royal has been left miserable by her husband's adultery.
To be published next month, Giscard's "The Princess and the President" recounts the secret and passionate love of a French leader and a Welsh Princess.
President Jacques-Henri Lambertye and Princess Patricia of Cardiff meet at the closing dinner of a G7 summit at a time when the young British royal has been left miserable by her husband's adultery.
I thought Princess <another name> of Cardiff would have been better, though.
The newspaper praises the author for his knowledge of French literature, and details about the personalities of the day and the palaces where they meet. However, the novel departs from reality in at least one key detail. Lambertye is easily re-elected for a second presidential term, while Giscard d'Estaing was voted out in 1981 after one - just two months before Lady Diana Spencer married Prince Charles to become the Princess of Wales. In that year, Diana was 20 while Giscard d'Estaing was 55.
The newspaper praises the author for his knowledge of French literature, and details about the personalities of the day and the palaces where they meet.
However, the novel departs from reality in at least one key detail.
Lambertye is easily re-elected for a second presidential term, while Giscard d'Estaing was voted out in 1981 after one - just two months before Lady Diana Spencer married Prince Charles to become the Princess of Wales.
In that year, Diana was 20 while Giscard d'Estaing was 55.
