Sunday 8 November 2009

Jobs at Telegraph

High life

Bad taste in ‘ladies’

Thursday, 24th May 2007

New York

The funny thing about Sarkozy being president of France is not his size, but his family. His father, Pal Sarkozy, used to frequent the same nightclubs as I did back in the early Sixties. Of the ‘beau monde’ he was not. Pal was sort of sleazy, and sort of a conman, and sort of a playboy. None of us knew what he did, and by that I don’t mean to suggest he was dishonest, but there were always rumours about him. An inveterate womaniser, a good thing for a father of a French president to be, his women, alas, were a pretty lousy bunch. Except for one of them, Beatrice de M, a close friend of mine whom he promised a trip to the altar but then dropped, most of his ladies were not ladies.

More articles from: Taki | this section

Post this entry to:   del.icio.us | Digg | Newsvine | NowPublic | Reddit

Comments Post comment

Be the first to comment on this article!

Back to top

In this section

Low Life

Jeremy Clarke

Mvuu Lodge, Liwonde, Malawi I arrived at the jetty in…

High Life

Taki

New York One felt the backlash against the BNP–BBC fiasco…

High Life

Taki

New York Something’s bothering me about the Polanski business. No,…

Slow Life

Alex James

It’s quite unusual to eat similar things together. If we’re…

Low Life

Jeremy Clarke

Prince Philip is right about modern television sets. He says…

sponsored links

Spectator recommends

Spectator classifieds

      GASCONY

GASCONY, SW France, near Condom-en-Armagnac 13th Century stone house, 21st Century luxury for 12 in 5 en-suites. 50 acres +

BIG SAND STEEL BAND

IF YOU ARE PLANNING A CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION and looking for some light entertainment, you can now hire London's busiest steel

BOSC LEBAT, Tarn et Garonne.

BOSC LEBAT, SW France. Only 45 minutes from Toulouse Airport with daily flights from most provincial airports avoiding the horrors