Nicolas and Cecilia Sarkozy’s lawyer said the couple had seen a judge to formalise the divorce and he added: "there was no problem, they resolved everything amicably".
It had been clear that things were not going well between Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife for months and the press had commented on Cecilia Sarkozy's absence from her husband's side on several occasions.
Cecilia didn’t vote in the second round of the presidential election and did not go along with Nicolas Sarkozy on a recent trip to Bulgaria.
Cecilia Sarkozy also failed to accompany Nicolas Sarkozy to a picnic lunch given by US President George W Bush.
Cecilia Sarkozy is reported to have said: "I don't see myself as a first lady. It bores me. I'm not politically correct."
