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France’s first lady makes cameo in new Emily in Paris episode

Brigitte Macron will make her Netflix debut on Thursday, playing herself in the hit series.

Published: 11 September 2024 08:59 CEST
Brigitte Macron, pictured with her husband, Emmanuel
Brigitte Macron, pictured with her husband, Emmanuel. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

France’s First Lady will wear her own clothing, “with no particular instructions given to her” by the series known for its fashion sense, Elle magazine has revealed, and Netflix confirmed with AFP.

The second half of the fourth season will be released on Thursday on the streaming platform.

“The idea of the cameo came to us when (programme creator) Darren Star and I met her at the Elysée Palace in December 2022,” the show’s star Lily Collins told Elle.

“She is a big fan of the show and took the mention of her in season one with great humour. This scene in season four is a wink, and shooting with her was both an honour and a real joy.”

Star added that Mme Macron, who has been married to the French president since 2007, “has great talent!”.

Since launching in 2020, the series has attracted audiences and made headlines. It has been loved and hated, and for some, who love to hate it.

Emily in Paris has been criticised in France for its stereotypical, fantastical portrayal of life in the City of Light, from beret-wearing bon vivant lifestyle to sanitised, ‘Instagramable’ scenes of the capital.

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WEATHER

France’s Lourdes grotto reopens to public after flash flooding

The Roman Catholic shrine at Lourdes in the Hautes-Pyrénées region reopened to the public on Saturday after flooding earlier in the day caused it to close, the sanctuary said on its website.

Published: 8 September 2024 08:34 CEST
France's Lourdes grotto reopens to public after flash flooding

“Thanks to the mobilisation of the teams of the Notre-Dame de Lourdes Sanctuary, the grotto was able to be cleaned and reopened to pilgrims,” the Catholic shrine visited by millions of pilgrims each year said on its website.

The cave was flooded at around 2am, according to David Torchala, the sanctuary’s communications director.

Celebrations have resumed at the usual times “in all the Sanctuary’s basilicas and places of worship, starting with the 6pm rosary at the Grotto.” the sanctuary added on its website.

The below video shows the situation on Saturday.

However, the Chapels of Light, which also flooded overnight on Friday, are set to reopen on Sunday. 

And the baths will reopen in a few days’ time as “water infiltration in the pools requires a complete clean-up and a check of the facilities”.

There was an orange alert for rain and flooding in the Hautes-Pyrénées region, but there is now only a yellow rain warning in a few areas of the region, according to Météo-France.

“The flood peaks were reached on the rivers of the department in the middle of the day (Saturday) and the level has returned to normal,” the prefecture of the Hautes-Pyrénées said at the end of Saturday, reporting two injuries.

And of the 500 people who were without electricity during the night, 400 were still affected by the outage on Saturday evening.

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