The interview with Elle was part of a public relations exercise orchestrated by the ÉlyséePresident Macron’s wife sought to boost his flagging popularity and to end the controversy over her role as first lady with a gushing interview in a woman’s magazine today. Brigitte Macron, 64, brushed aside the age gap with her 39-year-old husband, whom she met when he was a sixth-former at the school where she taught. “I have never been attracted by younger men,” she told the French Elle magazine. Of course we have breakfast, me with my wrinkles and him with his freshness. If I had not made that choice, I would have missed out on the most important thing in my life.”The interview is part of a public relations exercise orchestrated…

Source: The Times August 17, 2017 10:52 UTC