- Her parents – both doctors – were treated ‘like they had the plague’ during affair
- Their door was spat on and they had letters of denunciation sent to their home
- New biography is titled ‘Brigitte Macron: L’Affranchie (The Unfettered Woman)’
When Brigitte met Emmanuel for the first time – he was 14, she was 38 – her respectable life was about to come to an end
Brigitte Macron and her family were denounced when she began dating her teenage pupil Emmanuel, a new biography has claimed.
Now the first lady of France, Mrs Macron shocked locals in Amiens when details emerged of her relationship with the future president.
Her parents – both doctors – were treated ‘like they had the plague’, had their door spat on and were sent letters denouncing their daughter.
Maëlle Brun’s unauthorised biography, titled ‘Brigitte Macron: L’Affranchie (The Unfettered Woman)’, has hit the shelves as President Macron lands in Britain today for his first visit since moving into the Élysée Palace.
The book reveals the depth of the hostility Mrs Macron encountered after she began the relationship with her teenage pupil at the private La Providence Lycée Catholic school.
She was from a wealthy family known for its cake business, had a successful banker husband and was a mother to three children.
But when she met Emmanuel for the first time – he was 14, she was 38 – her respectable life was about to be ended.
Mrs Macron has previously said the couple fell in love when Emmanuel was 15 – the age of consent in France – but their affair still scandalised Amiens.
Brun quotes a friend of Mrs Macron who explains that the period is a ‘wound’ in her life which she does not enjoy speaking about.
‘But she has sometimes told me she lost all her friends,’ the acquaintance went on.
Mrs Macron has previously said the couple fell in love when Emmanuel was 15 – the age of consent in France – but their affair still scandalised Amiens
Maëlle Brun’s unauthorised biography, titled ‘Brigitte Macron: L’Affranchie (The Unfettered Woman)’, has hit the shelves as President Macron lands in Britain today for his first visit since moving to the Élysée Palace
‘Friends with whom she went on holiday changed overnight and no longer wanted to speak to her.’
Brun adds that tensions ran ‘extremely high’ at the time of the relationship.
Their affair ended Mrs Macron’s marriage – though she did not get divorced until 2006 – and led to Mr Macron being removed from the school and sent to Paris.