
President Nicolas Sarkozy was asked if he felt that Carla Bruni was upstaging him in the public eye but he wasn’t worried about that and praising her "elegance" he said: "I'm proud the people have seen her for what she really is."
Since Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni arrived in the UK they have received non-stop and top coverage in the British media although much of it has focused on Carla Bruni, who is a former supermodel turned singer.
Carla Bruni was featured on the front page of several newspapers that praised her taste in fashion and "demure" style and at a media conference at Arsenal football club French President Nicolas Sarkozy said that he was "very proud" of his wife.