Millionaire breaks silence to reveal that he is Carla Bruni's REAL father
By SHARON CHURCHER
Last updated at 00:58 13 ?????? 2008
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The businessman named as the secret father of Carla Bruni ? the former supermodel now dating French President Nicolas Sarkozy ? has finally confessed that she is his love-child.
Last week, The Mail on Sunday reported how Carla was at the centre of rumours that her father was not Italian tyre tycoon Alberto Bruni Tedeschi, but another millionaire, Maurizio Remmert.
Now Mr Remmert has broken his 40-year silence to admit that Carla was indeed the result of a secret six-year affair he had with her mother, Marisa.
He says their romance began in their home city of Turin in the Sixties, where they shared a passion for music. She was a concert pianist, and he a classical guitarist.
Mr Remmert last week told the respected Estado newspaper in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he lives: "I have known Carla was my daughter since she was born, 40 years ago.
"I was 19 when I began to have relations with Marisa, a pianist, then 32. We were constantly together as musicians.
"I had a great love story with her for six years. It was not just a superficial relationship. She was married and we did not reveal that I was the father when Carla was born, in 1967.
"This story, in Turin, is well known, but by nature, we in Northern Italy are very discreet."
Mr Remmert claims Alberto may have been in the dark about his wife's infidelity at the time, and possibly did not suspect the baby was not his.
Alberto, who composed opera and collected art, certainly brought up Miss Bruni as his own, in the immense privilege his wealth secured.
She was sent to a Swiss finishing school before finding fame as a model, singer, and femme fatale, with lovers including Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton.
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Mr Remmert added that Carla believed Alberto was her father, until Marisa broke the news when her husband was dying: "There was no big drama. It was revealed in a conversation between adults," he said.
However, a friend of Marisa's, Italian author Gian Piero Bona, said Alberto, who died in 1996, had long been aware of the situation ? and passed on the shocking news to Carla on his deathbed.
Mr Bona, who wrote a biography of Alberto, said: "Marisa and Maurizio had a lengthy affair ? it was the talk of Turin high society. The truth is that Marisa and Alberto had a very open marriage and they each took several lovers.
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"Alberto always had an idea that Carla was not his daughter. If you look there is no resemblance at all between them."
He said Carla was "upset" when she first learned who her real father was, "but then she quite took to the idea. Carla said fate had smiled on her as she had two wealthy fathers ? both millionaires."
Last night, Marisa refused to confirm or deny any of the claims, saying: "The Presidential Palace has told me not to speak so I cannot say very much. Some things are private and should not be discussed in public.
"If Maurizio wishes to give interviews then that is up to him, but if I have had ten or 100 lovers, then that is also private and I will not discuss it. All I will say is that I'm very, very happy for Carla and you can see she is very, very happy."
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