France’s new first lady missed the chance to work through Roman’s billions

Supermodel Carla Bruni, who is rumoured to have married France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy in secret last week, could so easily have been first lady of Chelsea, if reports from Italy’s cable SitcomUno channel are to be believed.

The channel reports that Roman Abramovich and Miss Bruni were introduced in London last year by society chemist Kate Moss, said to be a friend of them both, at a party held at the posh people’s disco Annabel’s.

According to witnesses (and please remember this story has had to pass through the filters of coked up toffs and an Italian gossip organisation) the Russian was initially so