London, May 8 (ANI): A month after her Britain visit, French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has revealed her 'terrible fear' she felt before meeting the Queen - until the monarch showed her to her bathroom.

In her most revealing interview to date, the former supermodel offered tantalising details about her state visit to Britain with her husband, President Nicolas Sarkozy.

"Buckingham [Palace], for me was terrible fear and an incredible adventure. It was a rite of passage. It was like arriving on another planet!" the Telegraph quoted her, as telling Paris Match.

"Never in my life did I think I would meet the Queen of England," she added, still amazed that the Queen personally showed her to her room at Windsor Castle, declaring: "Here's your bathroom."

Bruni-Sarkozy admitted to having painstakingly researched how to behave, and how to meet the Queen.

"I asked for advice from the protocol section of the Elysée, but also from the British Ambassador's wife. I tried to imagine how to do it [the curtsy]," she said.

Commenting on a photo taken with her husband and the entire Royal family, Sarkozy-Bruni said she had been struck by the fact that the Royals were "a real family".

"One really feels it when one is with them. And for me it was an absolute honour," she said.

Sarkozy says predictions of Bruni "destroying him" were woefully wrong

Their marriage rocked the entire world with criticism erupting from all directions, but now, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, himself has come forward to say that contrary to people's predictions his wife, Carla Bruni has not destroyed him.

The President rejected suggestions he had bitten off more than he could chew with his new wife, who had a tempestuous past love life and recently admitted to finding monogamy boring.

"Some predicted that Carla would destroy me but she hasn't. She has not completely changed me either," the Telegraph quoted him, as saying.

Also, since their wedding, Sarkozy has toned down his flamboyant, showy style - as a reaction to public disapproval but also, reportedly to the demands of his cultured, well-read wife.

The diminutive jogging-mad leader also railed against no longer being able to go for a run in the bois de Boulogne on the outskirts of Paris for fear of offending the French.

"Now I run four times a week in the Elysee gardens, which takes me 3 mins 15 seconds a lap," he said. (ANI)