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Ex French Prez Pens Steamy Princess Novel

Just how close were Diana and Valéry Giscard d'Estaing?

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(Newser) – Did they or didn't they? That's what the French wonder now that Valéry Giscard d'Estaing has penned a steamy novel about a French president's affair with an "unhappy" English princess who could be Diana's doppelgänger, reports the Guardian. The pair consummate their love in The Princess and the President after D-Day celebrations. The former president, 83, left office the year Diana married Prince Charles, but they met at charity events.

Was Diana the model for unhappy British princess
Was Diana the model for unhappy British princess "Patricia' in Valery Giscard d'Estaing roman a steam?   (AP Photo/John Stillwell, File, POOL)
Diana, Princess of Wales, walks with Dodi Fayed in the French Riviera resort of St. Tropez in 1997.
Diana, Princess of Wales, walks with Dodi Fayed in the French Riviera resort of St. Tropez in 1997.   (AP Photo/Patrick Bar-Nice Matin, File)
Former french president Valery Giscard d'Estaing delivers a statement at the European Parliament early this year.
Former french president Valery Giscard d'Estaing delivers a statement at the European Parliament early this year.   (AP Photo/Christian Lutz)
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drlarrymitchell
Sep 22, 09 2:23 AM CDT
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Deebles
Sep 22, 09 2:36 AM CDT
NOVEL. I think that means fiction. If there were truth to fiction, I'd know where Amelia Earheat is and I'd be an alien hanging around Area 51. Don't laugh, I put my son through college on Foo Fighters and cow mutilations. And crop circles. Like Beck, I'm just earning a living. I'm not married to any of it. Unlike Beck, no one thinks I'm telling the truth. That's why I think that he wants to go back to being a stand-up comic. He can say what he wants and half the country doesn't point a pitch fork at him. I may not watch him, but I did read his book which is at 1 on the non-fiction NYT bestsellers list. Course you only have to sell a few thousand in one week for that. Isn't that depressing? I used to thing that a best seller was like millions. Not very many people buy hardback books. But I did, cause you can't bitch if you don't pay. And he would much rather that I buy his book and dislike him than love him for free. Reply
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RepressedBySociety
Sep 23, 09 6:34 AM CDT
I'm sick of hearing about Glenn Beck... Reply
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