Mme Fillon: The New French Premier’s Welsh Wife

Photo of M et Mme Fillon courtesy of the BBC

BBC: She was a south Wales law student who moved to France and met one of the rising young stars of Gallic politics.

Now Penelope Fillon, 51, from the Monmouthshire town of Abergavenny, has become the first British woman to be married to a French prime minister.

Her husband Francois Fillon has been named premier by newly-elected French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Welsh wife of new French premier (more)

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Welshwoman prepares for life in French No 10

BBC:
Profile: Francois Fillon

Mark Alexander