Italian model Carla Bruni looked sensational as she strolled along the beach in Venice with her husband, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy.
Carla, 55, showed off her slim figure in a black swimsuit as the couple, who have been married since 2008, walked hand in hand along the beach.
New photos show Sarkozy, 68, in matching black swimming trunks as he laughed with Carla on Monday.
The couple are currently in the Italian city for the 2023 Venice International Film Festival, which is a much more subdued affair than previous years due to Hollywood strikes.
During their day at the beach, Carla, a former face of Bulgari, looked sensational in the black swim suit, which she paired with sunglasses.
Italian model Carla Bruni looked sensational as she strolled the beach in Venice with her husband, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy
New photos show Sarkozy, 68, in matching black swimming trunks as he laughed with Carla on Monday
Italian model Carla Bruni looked sensational as she strolled the beach in Venice with her husband, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy
Carla, 55, showed off her slim figure in a black swimsuit
Then Carla donned a white robe, while Sarkozy donned a white shirt as they walked back to their glitzy accommodation.
Then Carla donned a white robe, while Sarkozy donned a white shirt as they walked back to their glitzy accommodation.
Just days earlier, Carla had cut a glamorous figure when she attended the Venice International Film Festival on Saturday.
The singer looked fabulous as she walked the red carpet in a flowing black dress that emphasized her stunning figure. Carla put on a leggy show in the sleeveless garment, which also featured a cut-out detail along the chest.
Carla wore a silver brooch at the collar and also added height to her body with a pair of black heels.
And now photos have surfaced showing Carla once again showing off her figure as she enjoys a beach day with Sarkozy.
Last year, Carla praised her husband as “gentle, kind and sexy” when she talked about their marriage.
The mother-of-two said at the time that while her husband has a “super alpha” attitude and likes to be in control of the situation, the pair rarely argue because they are both “intense people” who keep things “very positive.” ‘.
In an interview with The Sunday timesshe said, “He’s super alpha, directs everything, takes control of everything.”
“That’s why he became president, because he has this temperament.
‘But he doesn’t need a country, he does it anyway. He is also the gentlest and kindest man in the world. And he’s so sexy.’
In the 1980s, the Italian-born beauty was a hot item in the fashion world, walking for the likes of LaCroix and Chloe before embarking on a career in music.
Carla met Nicolas, who has three other children from previous relationships, at a dinner party in 2007 and immediately hit it off.
New photos show Sarkozy, 68, in matching black swimming trunks as he laughed with Carla on Monday
Carla, 55, showed off her slim figure in a black bathing suit as the couple, who have been married since 2008, walked hand in hand along the beach
Carla, 55, showed off her slim figure in a black swimsuit
Carla Bruni and her husband Nicolas Sarkozy walked along the beach in Venice together
Then Carla donned a white robe, while Sarkozy donned a white shirt as they walked back to their glitzy accommodation.
Bruni and Sarkozy left the beach in white robes and shirts
Bruni and Sarkozy left the beach in white robes and shirts
Radiant: Carla Bruni was a glamorous figure as she attended the premiere of Tatami at the Venice International Film Festival on Saturday
Flawless: The singer, 55, looked fabulous as she walked the red carpet in a flowing black dress that emphasized her stunning figure
After a whirlwind relationship, the couple married three months later and shared a daughter Giulia, 10, while Carla has a son, Aurélien Enthoven, 21, from a previous relationship.
Sarkozy, meanwhile, was sentenced to 12 months in prison by a judge after he was found guilty of illegal campaign financing during his failed reelection bid in 2012.
He was also found guilty of corruption and influence in another case and was sentenced to one year of house arrest on appeal in May this year. He took the case to France’s highest court, which suspended the sentence.
His appearance on the beach with Carla on Monday comes just days after it was announced that Sarkozy and 12 others will stand trial next year on charges that his 2007 presidential campaign received millions in illegal funding from the government of the late leader Moammar Gadhafi . The trial runs from January to April.
The case is the largest and most shocking of several corruption investigations involving Sarkozy. He was convicted of two others. He denies any wrongdoing.
In the Libyan case, he is charged with illegal campaign financing, embezzlement, passive corruption and related matters.
Sarkozy has been under investigation in the Libya case since 2013. Investigators investigated claims that Gadhafi’s government had secretly given Sarkozy €50 million for his 2007 winning campaign.
The amount would be more than double the legal campaign finance limit at the time and would violate French rules against foreign campaign finance.
The investigation gained ground when French-Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine told news site Mediapart in 2016 that he had delivered briefcases from Libya containing 5 million euros (£4.2 million) in cash to Sarkozy and his former chief of staff. Takieddine later changed course and Sarkozy tried to have the investigation closed.
After Sarkozy became president in 2007, he welcomed Gadhafi to France with great honor later that year. Sarkozy then put France at the forefront of the NATO-led airstrikes that helped rebel fighters toppl Gadhafi’s government in 2011.