Barack Obama and Beyonce: a very on-off 'affair'

Parisian photographer's bizarre claim threatens to overshadow Hollande's trip to DC. But not for long

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READERS of the French newspaper Le Figaro were no doubt spellbound this afternoon after it published a claim that the President of the United States, Barack Obama, had trumped their own President, Francois Hollande, by having an affair not with a little-known actress (sorry, Julie) but with America's queen of pop, Beyonce.

The extraordinary claim was attributed to a Parisian paparazzo, Pascal Rostain, who claimed it would break in the Washington Post tomorrow.

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Nigel Horne is Comment Editor of The Week.co.uk. He was formerly Editor of the website until September 2013. He previously held executive roles at The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times.