French first lady Valerie Trierweiler is to be discharged from hospital today after being admitted on Friday for rest and tests.<br /><br />Media speculation has it that she has been shaken by reports of an alleged affair between President Francois Hollande and an actress.<br /><br />The woman said to be at the heart of the scandal is Julie Gayet. The president has not denied the reports but has protested at the invasion of his privacy.<br /><br />The alleged liaison centres on a Parisian flat, according to the magazine Closer. <br /><br />Hollande faces the media on Tuesday for the traditional new year news conference when he is scheduled to talk about the French economy.
