Even the French seem troubled by this in-your-face courtship with the First Lovebirds posing for the paparazzi, throwing the staid Elysee Palace into a tizzy. Bruni is a former supermodel, an heiress and a singer and could put a dramatic end to the idea of decorously retiring wives. Presidential etiquette in Paris is being redefined as we speak and it may force protocol police in India to think on their feet as well when Sarkozy comes arm-in-arm with his Italo-Franco cocktail. After all, he asked somewhat touchingly if he is not entitled to the same 'happiness' as an...

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