Elegant sheikh's wife proves Carla's fashion equal while Rania drops in on Downing St

Clearly a supreme judge of occasion, the Quatari royal seen here with her husband and the Sarkozys, showed why she's one of the Middle East's most high-profile and fascinating consorts, fitting in easily with the grandeur of the Elysee Palace in a splendid fuchsia gown
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