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ith the news endlessly serving up new scandals and blunders, how can one resist mentioning the recent romantic spark that lit up France's media landscape? According to the well-informed magazine Paris Match, Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and Jordan Bardella, president of the far-right Rassemblement National, have been enjoying a "romance no one saw coming" for several weeks.

On the cover of the weekly magazine, they appear side by side during a "Corsican getaway," feet planted in the Mediterranean shrubland, hands on hips. Yet the most striking element of the image is the impeccable sartorial synchronicity between the two. Specifically, the princess wears navy blue trousers, a sky blue shirt and a navy sweater draped over her shoulders, while Bardella sports navy trousers and a sky blue shirt under his navy sweater. Both complete their looks with sunglasses.

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