While the campaign was unsuccessful, she caught the political bug and continued to work in the field.
The couple tied the knot in 1959 and stayed together until 1982.
Madeleine and Joseph shared three daughters: Anne, Alice, and Katie.
However, it seems that her career played a role in their split.
It all went downhill when her husband started an affair with a younger woman.
He would eventually leave her for his mistress.
She continued, “Yet I am deeply saddened to have been divorced.
