 Sarah Brown |
Speaking to The Times newspaper, the former public relations executive shrugged off the suggestion that she was under pressure to dress up to meet with the former Italian supermodel.
"Well, I didn't stand a chance, did I?" Sarah Brown told the daily.
"I mean, I was standing next to a supermodel. I thought that whatever I wore didn't matter. With all due respect to myself, I knew that day I couldn't win."
Bruni-Sarkozy charmed the British public, and graced the front page of several newspapers during the state visit, with one newspaper carrying an article headlined: "Crazy for Carla: How Britian went mad for France's First Lady".