Funeral for former French first lady Bernadette Chirac to take place in Paris
The Paris service follows her death at 93, while a separate Corrèze tribute will include a 10 a.m. ceremony and a 2 p.m. remembrance.
- France laid to rest former First Lady Bernadette Chirac on Friday at the Parisian Basilica of Sainte-Clotilde, with First Lady Brigitte Macron, Nicolas Sarkozy, and Francois Hollande among the mourners.
- Bernadette, who died on June 5 at age 93, served 12 years as First Lady alongside Jacques Chirac while building her own discreet political career as an elected councillor for Corrèze.
- The Catholic philosopher Jean Guitton called her the "last queen of France," while a 30-year-old speaker honored her: "The mission that drove her never wavered: to stand by the most vulnerable, to make hospitals more humane."
- First Lady Brigitte Macron, who succeeded Bernadette as head of the Yellow Coins Foundation, reflected on their bond: "She has a strength that she passes on to me every time."
- A tribute will be paid to the former first lady on Sunday in Corrèze, featuring a "friendly gathering and moment of remembrance" at 2pm at the Domaine for all residents.
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The funeral of Bernadette Chirac, held this Friday in Paris, brought together a large part of the French political class and left a particularly symbolic image. Carla Bruni’s accompanying Nicolas Sarkozy to pay tribute to those who, years ago, received with some distrust her arrival in the Elysée. The former first French lady died on June 5 at 93 years. A week later, family, friends and institutional representatives gathered to give her the last…
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The LocalFrance lays to rest widow of late French president Chirac
France on Friday paid tribute to Bernadette Chirac, widow of former president Jacques Chirac, in a funeral in Paris attended by prominent figures from the worlds of politics and entertainment.
On Friday, June 12, Bernadette Chirac's funeral was celebrated in the Basilica of Sainte-Clotilde in Paris. Among the many personalities who came to pay a last tribute to the former political woman included Line Renaud. Very close to the former First Lady and the Chirac clan, the singer and actress sent her a particularly moving message.
Brigitte Macron, Nicolas Sarkozy, François Hollande and Line Renaud attended the ceremony at the Basilica Sainte-Clotilde in Paris on Friday.
The funeral of Bernadette Chirac, the widow of Jacques Chirac, who died at 93 years of age, took place this Friday afternoon in the Basilica Sainte-Clotilde in Paris (VIIth arrondissement), a symbolic place for the couple she...
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