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FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT VALERY GISCARD D’ESTAING
who was rumoured to have had an affair with Princess Diana, has died with coronavirus aged 94.
Its is six months after sexual assault allegations were made against him by Ann-Kathrin Stracke, a 37-year-old reporter with the German public broadcaster WDR.
Mr Giscard d'Estaing is alleged to have had an affair with Princess Diana. After she became a global celebrity, the pair are said to have become close after meeting at official and charity engagements. In 2009 Mr Giscard d'Estaing wrote a romance novel called 'The Princess and the President'. It was about an affair between a French president and a thinly veiled British royal – Patricia, Princess of Cardiff, or 'Lady Pat'. 
At the time, there was intense speculation in the French media that Mr Giscard d'Estaing was describing a tryst with Princess Diana in the 1980s.
He also expressed a 'fondness' for Margaret Thatcher, whom he praised as an 'untameable character' with an 'unshakeable will' following her death in 2013. 

22.11.1979; London, England: MARGARET THATCHER WITH FRENCH PRESIDENT VALERIE GISCARD D'ESTIANG
at Joint Press Conference in Whitehall, London
Mandatory credit photo:©Francis Dias/NEWSPIX INTERNATIONAL

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FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT VALERY GISCARD D’ESTAING<br /> who was rumoured to have had an affair with Princess Diana, has died with coronavirus aged 94.<br /> Its is six months after sexual assault allegations were made against him by Ann-Kathrin Stracke, a 37-year-old reporter with the German public broadcaster WDR.<br /> Mr Giscard d'Estaing is alleged to have had an affair with Princess Diana. After she became a global celebrity, the pair are said to have become close after meeting at official and charity engagements. In 2009 Mr Giscard d'Estaing wrote a romance novel called 'The Princess and the President'. It was about an affair between a French president and a thinly veiled British royal – Patricia, Princess of Cardiff, or 'Lady Pat'. <br /> At the time, there was intense speculation in the French media that Mr Giscard d'Estaing was describing a tryst with Princess Diana in the 1980s. <br /> He also expressed a 'fondness' for Margaret Thatcher, whom he praised as an 'untameable character' with an 'unshakeable will' following her death in 2013. <br /> <br /> 22.11.1979; London, England: MARGARET THATCHER WITH FRENCH PRESIDENT VALERIE GISCARD D'ESTIANG<br /> at Joint Press Conference in Whitehall, London<br /> Mandatory credit photo:©Francis Dias/NEWSPIX INTERNATIONAL<br /> <br /> IMMEDIATE CONFIRMATION OF USAGE REQUIRED:<br /> Newspix International, 31 Chinnery Hill, Bishop's Stortford, ENGLAND CM23 3PS<br /> Tel:+441279 324672 ; Fax: +441279656877<br /> Mobile: 07775681153<br /> e-mail: info@newspixinternational.co.uk<br /> Usage Implies Acceptance of Our Terms & Conditions<br /> Please refer to our usage terms.<br /> **All Fees Payable To Newspix International**