
President Nicolas Sarkozy, 56, spent half-an-hour with his 43-year-old wife shortly after she delivered their first child together.
Ms Bruni-Sarkozy, who already has a son with a previous lover, has even claimed that that her second child will never be pictured.
The strange situation saw Mr Sarkozy paying the short visit to his third wife’s bedside before heading off to a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Frankfurt. On arrival in Germany he refused to respond to any questions about his fourth child. This was despite Ms Bruni-Sarkozy apparently becoming the only serving First Lady in French history to have a baby.