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Sarko's Ex-Wife Ties Knot in New York City

Posted Mar 24, 08 8:14 AM CDT in Gossip,  World 

(Newser) – Just six months ago she was France's first lady, but last night the ex-wife formerly known as Cecilia Sarkozy became the new wife of her on-again, off-again beau Richard Attias in New York's legendary Rainbow Room, reports the AP. The glitzy affair capped three days of parties and came just a month after Sarko got himself hitched to former model Carla Bruni.

Cecilia briefly left Sarkozy for Attias in 2005, then returned after a few months during the French election. Her new nuptials were no secret, but few details have emerged since Versace earned the bride’s ire by revealing it would be dressing the couple. Sarkozy’s wedding to Bruni was decidedly lower-key, reports the Independent, perhaps to fend off his nickname, “President Bling-Bling.”

Sources: Associated Press, AFP, Independent (UK)

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Cecilia Ciganer-Albeniz, left, ex-wife of French President Nicholas Sarkozy, arrives with Richard Attias for the evening performance of the play "Mama Mia" in New York, on Saturday, March 22. 2008.   (AP Photo/Frances Roberts)
Cecilia Ciganer-Albeniz ex-wife of French President Nicholas Sarkozy, arrives at the evening performance of the play "Mama Mia" at The Winter Garden Theater in New York, on Saturday, March 22, 2008.   (AP Photo/Frances Roberts)
Photographers line a wall at a pre-wedding party for Cecilia Ciganer- Albeniz the ex-wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Greenwich, Conn. Friday March 21, 2008.   (AP Photo/Douglas Healey)
The father of Richard Attias who is to marry Cecilia Ciganer-Albeniz, the ex-wife of French President Nicholas Sarkozy arrives for the wedding in Rockefeller Centers' Rainbow Room, Sunday, March 23, 2008,...   (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)
The mother of Richard Attias who is to marry Cecilia Ciganer-Albeniz, the ex-wife of French President Nicholas Sarkozy, arrives for the wedding in Rockefeller Centers' Rainbow Room, Sunday, March 23,...   (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and first lady Cecilia Sarkozy smile at the Elysee Palace in Paris in this June 5, 2007 file photo.   (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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