There is a peculiarly French quality to the spectacle unfolding in a Paris courtroom this week, as ten defendants stand accused of cyberbullying the French First Lady.

The group are being prosecuted for their part in spreading a wild conspiracy theory that Brigitte Macron , the wife of President Emmanuel Macron , is secretly a transgender man who replaced her own brother.

France prides itself on a romantic ideal of public life, a republic where love stories may be unconventional but are handled discreetly. President and their paramours have traditionally been tolerated, even tacitly celebrated. New Feature

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The Macrons’ relationship, forged when he was a teenage drama student and she was his married teacher, already invited an unus

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