Valerie Trierweiler says she will ‘count to ten’ before tweeting

This is a play on the popular saying that you should turn your tongue seven
times before saying anything controversial.

She also told French TV that: “I will count to 10 before tweeting.”

But despite the conciliatory words, there was no apology for Ms Royale, and Ms
Trierweiler’s message remains online on her public Twitter account.

Instead it was left to Mr Hollande himself to try and diffuse the row between
his current and former lover.

In a televised Bastille Day address, Mr Hollande said: “I am for a clear
distinction between public and private life. I believe private matters
should be regulated in private and I have asked those close to me to respect
this.”

Mr Hollande also said that there would be no official ‘first lady’ status for
Ms Trierweiler, despite the fact that she retains an office in the Elysee
Palace and “will be at my side when protocol demands”.

Mr Hollande took obvious care not to be pictured with Ms Trierweiler during
the Bastille Day parade in Paris on Saturday.

The president also left the divorced mother-of-three at home in Paris when he
travelled to London for meetings with both Prime Minister David Cameron and
the Queen last Tuesday.

However, Ms Trierweiler was with Mr Hollande when he attended more low-key
events around France over the weekend, including a visit to the western port
of Brest, and to an art gallery in Avignon, in the south.

Eyebrows have been raised at the way Ms Trierweiler has carried on working as
a professional journalist since Mr Hollande came to power, especially as she
writes for the glossy and often sensationalist magazine, Paris Match.

Thomas Hollande, a 27-year-old lawyer, is among those who have suggested that
Ms Trierweiler should choose between her role as consort to the president of
France and her journalistic career.

Mr Hollande lived with Ms Royal, herself a former presidential candidate, for
more than 30 years after they met as students.

But the relationship waned as their careers took off, and Mr Hollande started
an affair with Ms Trierweiler as she followed him on the political circuit
in around 2005.

She now writes book reviews for Match, but has pledged not to betray her
privileged position in the Elysee Palace to report on politics.

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