President Sarkozy arrived at London Heathrow early this afternoon (lunch time) on a state visit to Britain and was welcomed on the tarmac by Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall. The French president was accompanied by his bride of two months, former top model-turned singer, Carla Bruni, who donned a very simple but elegant soft grey-blue Jackie Kennedy-ish attire.

British tabloids have featured a photo of the French first lady posing in the nude and which is up for sale at a Christie’s auction but there’s no denying that Mrs Sarkozy, who comes from a wealthy Italian industrialist family and who speaks 5 languages fluently, is said to be well versed in French literature and philosophy, is a beautiful sight to behold as this AP photo by Philippe Wojazer of her shows. The photo was taken during a state dinner at the Elysee Palace earlier this month. I don’t believe any first lady or prime minister’s wife of any nation anywhere in the world can compete with her in that area – definitely not the dowdy British cabinet wives.

But trust British tabloids to be on the roll beginning with this story here. (That’s ‘Welcome to Britain’ for you!)Cross posted by The3rdColumn in My Telegraph