When President Emmanual Macron bestowed the Légion d'Honneur on Delphine Arnault at the Elysée Palace on 2 July, considerable care went in to drawing up the guest list and, above all, keeping it under wraps. The event, about which only a few edited photos have filtered out, brought together close relatives, colleagues and friends of the honoured Christian Dior Couture CEO, the eldest daughter of LVMH head Bernard Arnault. But no politicians were there. 

Except one. Justice minister and former interior