“The grandsons are sellers”: the Élysée is eyeing General de Gaulle’s house in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises

It was with the death of the general’s last son, Admiral Philippe de Gaulle, in March 2024, that Boisserie began to arouse desire. “Even if, even before his disappearance, we were already starting to talk,” said a resident of Colombey. “The grandsons are sellers, but not all in the same way,” confides this same well-informed resident. This is confirmed half-heartedly by the president of the Haute-Marne department, Nicolas Lacroix. “We’ve been talking with the admiral’s children for a year, precisely three out of four, because one bought out the other’s shares. Even recently, I spoke to them on the phone because, yes, we are positioning ourselves to acquire them. »