On Wednesday night, France welcomed its First Baby.
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, wife of President Nicholas Sarkozy, gave birth to a baby girl at the Clinique de la Muette in Paris at 8 p.m. on Wednesday night. People Magazine reports that the baby “is the first child born to a ruling French leader since Napoleon.” Although President Sarkozy has three children from previous marriages and Bruni-Sarkozy has one, this is the couple’s first child together. The couple wed in February 2008 and formally confirmed the pregnancy last July.
The baby’s name is unknown, although CNN confirmed that President Sarkozy had to miss the birth because of a meeting in Frankfurt, Germany about the European debt crisis (bummer… even the miracle of life is no excuse for skipping presidential duties). Bruni-Sarkozy has expressed to the media that she “plans on fiercely protecting the child’s privacy,” and the French government has been reluctant to release information about the birth. In an interview with the BBC, the First Lady revealed that she doesn’t think her baby news will be of much interest to her country: “So many women are expecting children and giving birth, and it’s so uninteresting for French people.”
We beg to differ. There’s no doubt that France’s baby news will have the celebrity world atwitter. With France’s version of royalty reveling in the joys of parenting, when will Will and Kate follow suit? Will President Sarkozy’s daughter have playdates with the Jolie-Pitts at Brangelina’s French chateau? Will Baby Sarkozy be a mini-sized French fashionista? (Watch your back, Suri Cruise!)
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