The unmarried woman set to become France’s First Lady, if Francois Hollande is elected president as expected on Sunday, says she will happily play a supporting role but above all she wants to remain a journalist and a working mother. Valerie Trierweiler dares to think she can couple the ceremonial role with a long-term media career and continue to provide for three teenage sons the twice-divorced reporter had before she and Hollande formed a couple several years ago.

Au revoir Bruni: Valerie Trierweiler, nicknamed the Rottweiler, wants to be First Lady but is confident that she could work and fulfil duties of being the First Lady.u00a0File pic/Getty Images