Overview
- Paris Match, which published the images Wednesday, showed Bardella and Maria‑Carolina de Bourbon des Deux‑Siciles together during a Corsica outing.
- Major French outlets treated the photos as confirmation of a romance after months of rumor.
- The pair had earlier been filmed in January leaving a Le Figaro bicentenary event at the Grand Palais in Paris.
- Bardella has refused to discuss the relationship in detail and told RTL he is currently a “happy” man.
- Figures in Rassemblement National played down claims the match clashes with its working‑class base and pushed back at class‑based critiques.