Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni pregnant - report

Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni pregnant - report

(Reuters) - A German newspaper quoted the father of Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday as saying the French president's wife, Carla Bruni, was expecting a child.

"The two do not want to know the gender in advance, but I'm sure it will be a girl and as beautiful as Carla," the mass-selling Bild newspaper quoted Pal Sarkozy as saying.

Speculation has been widespread in recent weeks that the 43-year-old Italian-born model-turned-singer was pregnant. Sarkozy faces a re-election battle next April.

(Writing by Brian Rohan; editing by Alastair Macdonald)