FRANCE: The Case of the Peculiar Prince

FRANCE The Case of the Peculiar Prince

To ordinary Frenchmen, Prince Jean de Broglie appeared the very model of titled rectitude. Descended from one of the country's most illustrious families, De Broglie became a Resistance hero during World War II, served under Charles de Gaulle in various ministerial posts and was a key member of the French team that negotiated Algerian independence in 1962. He was a former secretary-general of Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's Independent Republican Party and had held a seat in the National Assembly since 1958.

On Christmas Eve the portly 55-year-old prince...

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