US EditionFrench Far-Right Leader Jordan Bardella Romantically Linked to Italian Princess Maria Carolina Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Paris Match says the 30-year-old RN leader and the Italian princess met at Monaco’s Grand Prix and were photographed together on holiday in Corsica.
- Paris Match reported that Rassemblement National president Jordan Bardella is in a relationship with Italian socialite Princess Maria Carolina Bourbon-Two Sicilies, publishing photographs of the couple vacationing in Corsica.
- Rumours of the romance have circulated for months since the pair attended the 200th anniversary of Figaro in January. The couple reportedly met during the Grand Prix in Monaco, which Bardella attended with his racing fan father.
- Princess Maria Carolina, 22, is the daughter of Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro, and a distant descendant of France's Sun-King Louis XIV. She speaks six languages and maintains more than 350,000 social media followers.
- Commentators on Thursday said the disclosure provides clarity for Bardella's potential presidential campaign. The Rassemblement National may use the announcement to defuse potential resentment among poorer voters about their leader's association with an ultra-rich aristocrat.
- Bardella will run for the French presidency next year if a court rules in July that party leader Marine Le Pen is ineligible because of a conviction for misuse of EU parliamentary funds.
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They went out on "Paris Match" and they made official a report that could have political implications for the leader of the extreme French right.
Bardella, son of immigrants and favored the presidential elections with the party of Le Pen, linked to the aristocrat Maria di Borbone
"An incredibly unusual couple. On the one hand, a politician who comes from the people. On the other, a princess from the highest echelons of the aristocracy," writes Paris Match, publishing photos of the couple from a holiday in Corsica.
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French far-right leader and Italian princess in 'fairytale romance' photoshoot
France's far-right leader Jordan Bardella appears strolling hand-in-hand with an Italian princess on the cover of a glossy magazine - in what commentators called a drive to hone his image ahead of next year's presidential elections.
Photos of the French politician Jordan Bardella holding hands with Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Sicily cause a stir. The modern Cinderella story also triggers a debate about a possible PR strategy.
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