Tuesday’s state dinner for French President François Hollande has become the social event of the season in DC.
The guest list is being kept secret for now, but the pre-Valentine’s Day love-fest for Hollande has became the hottest ticket in town after he dumped live-in girlfriend Valérie Trierweiler for actress Julie Gayet.
French officials say Hollande will be traveling solo, so the DC elite won’t get to meet Ms. Gayet, 41.
President Obama is giving the royal treatment despite Hollande’s simmering sex scandal, with plans to take him on a tour of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello next week before feting him at the glamorous state dinner.