France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (L) and U.S. first lady Michelle Obama speak at the Colleville-sur-Mer cemetery as they attend a ceremony to mark the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, June 6, 2009. (Reuters/Daylife)
From left, Sarah Brown, wife of Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, and U.S. first lady Michelle Obama attend a ceremony to mark the 65th Anniversary of the D-day landings in Normandy at the American Cemetery at Colleville-Sur -Mer, near Caen, Western France, Saturday, June 6, 2009. (AP/Daylife)
Is the First Lady glaring at someone?
Some more photos:
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) arrives with his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy to attend D-Day celebrations to mark the 65th anniversary of the allied landings in France, in Colleville-sur-Mer June 6, 2009. (Reuters/Daylife)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy arrive, on June 6, 2009 at the Caen Prefecture before the commemorations marking the 65th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 allied landings in Normandy, northwestern France. (Getty/Daylife)
US First Lady Michelle Obama (L) and French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy arrive on June 6, 2009 at the Caen Prefecture before the commemorations marking the 65th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 allied landings in Normandy, northwestern France. (Getty/Daylife)
French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (C) arrives with US President Barack Obama (R) and his wife Michelle (L) on June 6, 2009 at the Caen Prefecture prior the commemorations marking the 65th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 allied landings in Normandy, northwestern France. (Getty/Daylife)
French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (R) arrives with US First Lady Michelle Obama on June 6, 2009 at the Caen Prefecture prior the commemorations marking the 65th anniversary of the June 6, 1944 allied landings in Normandy, northwestern France. (Getty/Daylife)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy waits for French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy as they leave the Caen Prefecture after meeting with US President Barack Obama on June 6, 2009. US President Barack Obama joins the leaders of Britain and France and hundreds of World War II veterans Saturday to mark the 65th anniversary of D-Day on the beaches of Normandy. As star guest of the commemorations, Obama is to deliver a speech before 9,000 people including 200 US D-Day veterans at a clifftop graveyard in northern France which has become a symbol of America's sacrifice for Europe's freedom. (Getty/Daylife)
I think Carla Bruni-Sarkozy may be trying too hard in presenting herself... maybe it's her model background. But something about her appearance in this photo seems inappropriate for the occasion.
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy walk in Colleville-sur-Mer during celebrations marking the 65th anniversary of D-Day landings in France June 6, 2009. (Reuters/Daylife)
It's almost as if she belongs in the 50s (in certain respects). Maybe wives of European politicians and leaders take the "old-fashioned glamour" more seriously. Or there is something else at work?
French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) arrives on June 7, 2009 with first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy to cast their votes for the European parliamentary election at the La Fontaine college polling station in Paris XVith district. European governments watch nervously Today as voters completed four days of polling in EU parliamentary elections, amid fears of low turnout and extremist gains throughout the recession-hit continent. (Getty/Daylife)
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, accompanied by her husband, casts her ballot during the European Parliament election in Paris June 7, 2009. (Reuters/Daylife)
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