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Jack Straw: I told Tony Blair days before Iraq invasion not to send British troops

02.02.11
Jack Straw told today how he urged Tony Blair to consider keeping British soldiers out of the Iraq invasion just days before it was launched... more

Envoys 'knew they may have given wrong idea on Iraq'

02.02.11
Senior British diplomats knew they may have been wrongly painting France as bent on vetoing a second UN resolution ahead of the Iraq invasion, a secret document reveals... more

I do get bored but I never let on, the Queen admits

07.10.10
The Queen has admitted she gets bored at times with her lifestyle, but keeps her feelings to herself... more

Carla Bruni ‘called in secret agents to find love rivals'

17.09.10
Accusations by Carla Bruni against a range of women she viewed as rivals are to be investigated by police... more

The new republic’s a non-starter at Sarko’s sleazy court

09.07.10
When the sometimes frighteningly energetic life force that is Nicolas Sarkozy moved into the Elysée Palace just three years ago, his stated mission was to revolutionise France... more

Carla Bruni tries to bury adultery claims that won’t go away

08.04.10
Carla Bruni speaks for the first time about adultery allegations surrounding her marriage to Nicolas Sarkozy — denying that the couple are worried about them... more

The Sarkozy marriage they said wouldn’t last...

27.01.10
Ahead of next week's second wedding anniversary, the Sarkozys seem to have proved the sceptics wrong - but is theirs more than a marriage just founded on mutual self-interest?... more

At last Sarkozy embraces the French way of life

16.09.09
You can always rely on the French to ask difficult questions such as: what is progress? And set up an international commission to find out.... more

'French Elvis' Hallyday has heart tests after fall

04.08.09
One of the biggest stars in France is facing a race against time to be fit for a multi-million-pound tour next month... more

Sarkozy collapse blamed on Carla’s health regime

27.07.09
Health regime aimed at making Nicolas Sarkozy as slim and fit as his wife Carla Bruni was blamed for causing him to collapse while jogging and suffer heart scare... more

Clever Carla Bruni and the best friend who blew it all

02.07.09
Once, supermodels Carla Bruni and Karen Mulder were inseparable. But while Bruni strode off the catwalk to become First Lady of France, Mulder has been arrested for alleged death threats against her plastic surgeon... more

Briton ‘on the run’ after his lover’s battered body found in Paris hotel

28.05.09
A British businessman was on the run after his Polish ‘girlfriend’ was found battered to death in their £1,000-a-night Paris hotel room... more

British businessman on the run after police found girlfriend battered to death

28.05.09
A British businessman was on the run after his Polish ‘girlfriend’ was found battered to death in their £1,000-a-night Paris hotel room... more

Sarkozy pours scorn on Obama's 'inexperience'

17.04.09
French president Nicolas Sarkozy has labelled his US counterpart Barack Obama "inexperienced and indecisive"... more

Women are just wives at the top table

03.04.09
The camera does not lie. Those photos of the leaders emerging from the G20 summit tell us as much as we need to know about the balance of power between the sexes... more

Obama steals march on Brown to mark 65 years since D-Day

26.03.09
Barack Obama and Gordon Brown will attend this year's 65th anniversary commemorations of D-Day... more

Naughty Carla is no Queen of Hearts

23.02.09
It had to happen. "Diana was incredible," gushed our First Lady, the former supermodel Carla Bruni. And now we have it: the Diana-isation of Carla... more

Sarkozy praises Brown

10.02.09
A deeply embarrassed Nicolas Sarkozy backed down over criticisms of Gordon Brown's economic policies... more

Mobs arrested as rioters call for 'Sarko out'

30.01.09
At least 30 alleged rioters were due in court after serious disturbances brought chaos to Paris... more

Interfering in politics is just not my style, insists Carla

26.01.09
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has made an impassioned television denial that she was making political decisions... more

Sarkozy brother is linked to paternity of minister's baby

05.01.09
French president Nicolas Sarkozy's brother has become the latest high-profile figure to be named as a possible father of glamorous justice minister Rachida Dati's new baby... more

Never trust a guru when it comes to the crunch

30.12.08
The movie business and economic forecasting have more in common than you would think... more

Putin ‘threatened to hang Georgia leader’

14.11.08
Nicolas Sarkozy is reported to have saved the Georgia's president from being "hanged by the balls" by an angry Vladimir Putin... more

Prince Charles embroiled in row over Armistice ceremony at Verdun

11.11.08
Prince Charles is risking a backlash after agreeing to attend a controversial First World War commemoration in France ... more

Playing away from home - c'est normale!

24.10.08
The International Monetary Fund chief and former French finance minister, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has apologised for "an incident concerning me and a staff member"... more

Our First Lady's scandalous crush

17.10.08
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has found herself in the middle of another scandal for defending a terrorist. It is a peculiarly French predicament.... more

Europe leaders are called to crisis summit in Paris

02.10.08
Deep divisions have opened in Europe over how to tackle the credit crisis... more

Is there a petit Sarkozy on the way for Carla Bruni?

24.08.08
French president Nicolas Sarkozy tenderly pats his stunning wife Carla Bruni’s stomach – fuelling speculation that the model-turned-singer is pregnant.... more

Celine Dion has another Titanic grooming disaster as she meets the French president

23.05.08
Celine Dion suffered another grooming disaster as a heavy orange make-up line emerged around her neck during an awards ceremony with French President Sarkozy.... more


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