Carla Bruni has the last laugh

When Hollande was elected, his partner Valerie Trierweiler, aka
Rottweiler, wasted no time in showing off her arrogance:

One thing is certain Valérie Trierweiler, keen on politics from an early age, is not in unfamiliar territory... By taking the place of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Valérie Trierweiler inevitably exposes herself to comparisons with the wife of Nicolas Sarkozy... and she is the first to make them.

"I know politics, I know the media," she says. "Besides, I think it will be easier for me at the Elysée than it was for Carla Bruni. It came from a world totally alien to that of politics. She did not really understand the rules."

But if Valérie Trierweiler understands these famous rules, she has every intention of derogating from some of them. Starting with the move to the Elysee Palace, which the First Lady would prefer to avoid, even though their apartment in the 15th arrondissement of Paris may not match the safety standards for a president: "It requires blocking the street to control all the people living in the building, it's complicated," she says.

It seems as if Rottweiler has considerably less grasp of The Rules than Carla Bruni:

Trierweiler, nicknamed The Rottweiler, insisted she "made a mistake" by supporting Royal's election rival. Ms Royal, who is the mother of François Hollande's four children, had the president's backing to become speaker of the National Assembly.

A 'friend' of Ms Trierweiler – believed to be an Élysée Palace aide – told the Parisien newspaper: "She did not properly calculate the consequences her Tweet would have on the authority of the head of state, on the Socialist Party, her children and those of François Hollande."

Mr Hollande has refused to give his ex-partner a job because she lost the La Rochelle seat in western France so heavily. Ms Royal, 58, branded Ms Trierweiler a traitor and said she felt 'murdered' by her. The president's children allegedly have refused to speak to the 47-year-old first lady due to her public support of Olivier Falorni.

Prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault told Ms Trierweiler, who has refused to close her Twitter account, to 'know her place'. An aide confirmed she was being encouraged to 'remain in the shadows' in future.

Haha, I hope that Carla Bruni is enjoying this as much as I am.