Meet Justin Trudeau’s ‘wild child’ mum Margaret Trudeau, who was rumoured to have slept with Mick Jagger: the Rolling Stone just name-dropped the famous political family on stage – so is it true?
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- Mick Jagger must have known he was stirring the pot when he mentioned the Trudeaus at a recent concert: the mum of prime minister Justin Trudeau caused a scandal when she partied with him in the 70s
- Margaret Trudeau was dubbed ‘eccentric’ and a ‘wild child’ when she became Canada’s first lady in 1971, but stepped away from the spotlight after her divorce from Pierre Trudeau
The comments were taken by some as tongue in cheek, because they seemed to allude to a still unverified rumour that he and Margaret Trudeau – Justin’s mother – had an affair in the 70s.
Margaret is not only the “first mum” of Canada, but also a former first lady herself, having being married to former Canadian prime minister and Justin’s father Pierre Trudeau.
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Dubbed the “world’s most eccentric first lady” and a “wild child” by the press, Margaret Trudeau gained both support and ridicule for her non-traditional background when she entered the political limelight. But it was her public split from Pierre in 1977 amid rumours that she had a thing with Jagger, per US media, that many still remember about her.
From the gal who initially stayed out of the spotlight, to the woman who found her voice while in it, and then made the decision to revert to a quieter life, here’s a closer look at Margaret Trudeau’s life.
How Margaret Trudeau and Pierre Trudeau met – and got married
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Margaret was just 18 years old when she met a then 47-year-old Pierre while on a family holiday in Tahiti, according to Harper’s Bazaar. He was Canada’s minister of justice at the time. According to The New York Times, the pair secretly married in 1971 in Vancouver after three years of dating. Pierre reportedly told his political aides that he was out of town skiing and the couple exchanged vows in front of just 13 of their closest friends and family.
Nine months later, their first son, Justin, was born. Alexandre (Sacha), their second son, was born in 1973, and their third son, Michel, came in 1975.