From the unmissable Palace of Versailles to the architectural pearls of the Loire, here is a selection of the most magnificent French châteaux. These ten royal and ducal residences have become jewels ...

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A French court sentenced eight people for smuggling eel larvae in a scheme worth over $2 million that prosecutors likened to ...