Bernadette Chirac will leave behind the image of a dignified woman, with a strong character and very involved with children with the Yellow Pieces. On her, the late First Lady always wore this gri-gri.
Goodbye Bernadette Chirac. The most popular First Lady died on June 5, at the age of 93, after years of media silence while she lived as a recluse in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. Everyone will keep a precise image of the one who was the pillar of the life of President Jacques Chirac. For some, it will be that of a very pious woman…
Bernadette Chirac never without this protective jewel on her
In a video extract shared on social networks, to pay tribute to her, we find Bernadette Chirac guest on the show Hello Earthlings!then led by the late Thierry Ardisson, for the Yellow Pieces operation. And the presenter emphasized at the time that it was from “from a very Catholic family“and to reveal to viewers that the First Lady”always wear a rosary” on her, including one offered by Pope John Paul II.
An object of religious devotion, very popular among practicing Catholics, which acted on it as a sort of charm. “That reassures me. I try to pray as much as possible during the day. Not sure enough…“, she said. That day, she admitted not having it with her. “Does that mean you’re not worried?“, Ardisson had tickled her. “I hope !“, she replied to the host capable of all excesses on set.
Bernadette Chirac, a fervent Catholic… not like Jacques!
The late Bernadette Chirac made no secret of this faith in God. But she wasn’t so divided with her husband! “When we got married, it wasn’t confirmed. It caused a scandal in my family because it wasn’t quite the same kind of thinking.“, she confided to the microphone of Europe 1, which brought out an archive for the occasion.
And Claude Chirac’s mother, who was his caregiver during the last years of his life at his Parisian home, added on the radio: “My mother-in-law was very religious and very practicing so we fixed it very quickly before the wedding.”
