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Paris 2024 Olympics: Five things we learned on Day 7: Léon I - the Swim King

From the country that gave us Louis XIV, the self-styled Sun King and: "L'état, c'est moi," we now have Léon I, the Swim King and: "La piscine, c'est moi." The 22-year-old added a fourth Olympic gold medal to his trophy cabinet on Friday night.

Radio France Internationale

Good Luck Topping the 2024 Paris Olympics, Los Angeles

Equestrian events held at the Palace of Versailles are yet another example of France’s magnificent venues, which will be hard to outshine at the next Summer Games.

Sports Illustrated

Military graffiti, surprising songs and finding Nemo – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

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Trudon will make your home smell like the gardens of Versailles

Trudon’s new home fragrance collection ‘Versailles: A Moveable Feast’ is inspired by the decadent festivals Louis XIV held in the palace gardens

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Swap Paris for Nancy: I’ve spent a year travelling around France, and you’re going to all the wrong places

After extensively exploring the country she now calls home, Anna Richards has curated the ultimate list of less-visited but worth-the-trip destinations that should be on your travel hit list on your next trip to our cross-Channel neighbour

The Independent UK

Stars join King Charles at Versailles banquet during French state visit

Visit designed in part as show of friendship to reset UK-French relationship after Brexit years

The Guardian - UK

Diva review – high-octane glamour at one remove

From Mae West’s white satin to Tina Turner’s showstopping flame dress and Elton John’s Louis XIV look, the definition of diva is taken to the limit in a show where tragedy lurks among the glitter

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Out of her Mouth at Spitalfields Festival review: high musical values and sung with style

The performance of three cantatas by forgotten French composer Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, once a favourite of Louis XIV, was welcome

Evening Standard

Adele's iconic Vogue dress and Rihanna's Oscars look picked to celebrate wildest divas

A new exhibition at London's V&A Museum celebrates all things diva, featuring more than 250 looks that celebrate other iconic performers who ‘have challenged the status quo’

Daily Mirror

‘The theatricality of that costume is off the scale’: celebrating two centuries of diva fashion

From Victorian opera singers to Debbie Harry, a new exhibition celebrates the historic and iconoclastic fashion of women in charge of their own destinies

The Guardian - UK

Flower power and diplomacy: Versailles perfume gardens transport public back in time

The Versailles gardens were once famed as a symbol of the king’s expeditionary might and helped water-deprived courtiers perfume smelly skin

The Independent UK

‘It’s like hiding an elephant’: €171m feat of engineering creates museum under Dutch palace

Paleis Het Loo was built as lodge for man who became William III, king of England, Ireland and Scotland from 1689

The Guardian - UK

How to make a living room look expensive on a budget: 11 simple interior design tips

From choosing cohesive colours to adding accent walls, these are the foolproof design secrets of making a living room look luxe

Woman & Home

‘Democracy at stake’: French protesters vent fury at Macron over pension push

French protesters downed their tools and marched once again in Paris and other cities on Thursday, galvanised by President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to ram his deeply unpopular pension reform through parliament without a vote, in what critics have branded a “denial of democracy”.

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Music, silence, love and power: the engrossing story of a child prodigy in the court of Louis XIV

Brilliant. Inventive. Devilish.

The Guardian - UK

Think Cinderella’s a fairytale? Fabled glass slipper is revealed as a joke on royalty

The footwear at the heart of the age-old panto tale is a satirical jibe at fashionista king Louis XIV’s obsession with ornamental glass and impractical aristocratic styles

The Guardian - UK

What is the biggest dinosaur and how hot is the sun? Try our kids’ quiz

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brain-teasers for future quizzes

Radio France Internationale

Welcome to Versailles, city of Molière, cycle paths and new money

François de Mazières, Versailles’s mayor since 2008, is a big fan of bicycles and architecture. He was re-elected for a third term in 2020, as an independent on a ‘divers droite’ (miscellaneous rightwing) ticket. He’s leading a crusade against ugliness in the city’s built environment and against its rightwing reputation

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The Independent UK

The world’s most beautiful royal palaces

As the world pays its royal respects to Queen Elizabeth, Tamara Hinson highlights nine awe-inspiring residences of kings, queens and emperors which are open to the public

The Hindu

‘Inspired by India’ | The book explores the country’s imprint on global fashion

From Louis XIV’s vision for Versailles to Balenciaga’s homage to the sari, Inspired by India explores how our textiles and craft impacted global design. But what’s the line between cultural appropriation and appreciation?

Newsroom.co.nz

Will homeowners and builders end up fighting the great Gib crisis in court?

Nigel Isaacs looks back nearly 400 years for answers on the plasterboard shortage hobbling construction in New Zealand and around the world.

France 24

France's Château de Maintenon: The castle of Louis XIV's secret wife

This French Renaissance-style castle would probably have remained largely unknown if it hadn't become home to the secret wife of Louis XIV, Madame de Maintenon. Françoise d'Aubigné – her real name – was a woman of humble origins who is often compared to Cinderella. After Louis secretly married her, the…

France 24

Versailles celebrates Molière with a month of dramatic delights

In this edition we focus on France's foremost playwright. Molière's witticisms and deft handling of the French language still dazzle, four centuries after he was born. To celebrate the author's link to the court of Louis XIV, the town of Versailles has been hosting a month of special events and…

The Independent UK

Queen Elizabeth becomes second-longest-reigning monarch in the world

The longest-reigning monarch was Louis XIV of France

The Independent UK

Queen Elizabeth becomes second-longest-reigning monarch in the world

The longest-reigning monarch was Louis XIV of France

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