French President Nicolas Sarkozy has had to apologise to a policewoman after his teenage son threw a tomato at her from the presidential palace.
Louis, 15, the leader’s son with ex-wife Cecilia, and his friends threw the vegetable and some pellets at the officer from the Elysee.
Louis and his friends threw a tomato and pellets from the Elysee courtyard
She was in the street outside as the teenager and some friends were playing in the palace courtyard and a pellet hit her on the cheek.
Mr Sarkozy later met with the policewoman and apologised for his son’s behaviour, according to police sources. The president’s office declined to comment.
The president, who is married to model Carla Bruni, also has two adult sons from his first marriage to Marie-Dominique Culioli.
The French president with his third wife, Carla Bruni
He divorced Louis’s mother – former model and PR executive Cecilia Ciganer – in 2007 soon after he was elected as president.
He and Ms Bruni, who reputedly met at a dinner party hosted by a mutual friend, married in February 2008 and had a baby girl called Guilia last year.
Mr Sarkozy is fighting for re-election in this year’s presidential elections but is currently trailing in the polls behind Socialist Francois Hollande.
Sky News
