Witness History - Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's diamonds scandal
Download Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's diamonds scandal
In 1979, French journalist Claude Angeli and his colleagues discovered Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, the French President, received gifts of diamonds worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from the grisly and deposed former Emperor Bokassa of the Central African Republic.
The scandal damaged Giscard d’Estaing’s reputation and contributed to him losing the French Presidential election in 1981.
Ben Henderson speaks to Claude Angeli.
(Photo: Giscard d'Estaing and Bokassa in 1975. Credit: William Karel/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
Published on Thursday, 10th August 2023.
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