WHY DID CECILIA SARKOZY SUDDENLY DUMP NICOLAS?

They are now divorced.

They'd had a rough couple of years, but seemed to be really happy together right after the election. The Sarkozy Elysee was compared to Camelot; she was praised for her style and brains.

Then...

She took up a very serious mission to save several foreigners on death row in Libya - AND SEEMINGLY SUCCEEDED WHERE EVERYONE HAD FAILED.

Then...

It was reported that - behind the scenes - France had made a big arms deal with Kadaffy, a deal which almost certainly had to be approved by President Sarkozy. Now, there's an investigation of the arms deal, the death row deal and her trip.

AND THAT'S WHEN SHE SUDDENLY SPLITS.

HERE'S WHAT I THINK HAPPENED:

I think Nicholas begged her to go on the Libyan mission by telling her only she could make the difference.

She went, and did well - SEEMINGLY SUCCEEDING WHERE EVERYONE ELSE HAD FAILED.

Then the news of the arms deal comes out, and she confronts Nicolas - asking him if he knew about the arms deal before he asked her to go to Libya, and if he had just sent her as "cover."

He admits the truth, telling her that he knew about the arms deal, and that the arms deal is what really "did the trick" (NOT her), and that this is how affairs of state are really managed.

She splits, furious at having been used. Angry at herself for having given such a ruthless man a second chance.

FINIS.

The again, maybe they were just tired of each other and tired of the charade.