France elections: Ségolène Royal loses seat as Valérie Trierweiler gets her way Asked whether Miss Trierweiler's message had contributed to her defeat, Miss Royal told France 2 television: "It certainly did not help, to put it mildly." She quoted writer Victor Hugo as saying: "Traitors always pay for their treachery in the end." The Right-wing UMP then called on its supporters to oust Miss Royal, leading her to say her victorious rival, Olivier Falroni, was a "political traitor." It was the latest in a series of crushing political defeats for Miss Royal, who lost to Nicolas Sarkozy in the 2007 presidential elections. She went onto lose a bitter fight for the leadership of the Socialist Party the following year and was beaten by her former partner in presidential primaries last October. In a bid to mend fences, Mr Hollande made an exception to his self-imposed rule of not backing individual parliamentary candidates by offering his ex-partner written support and a post as president of the National Assembly should she win. Le Journal du Dimanche reported that since the Twitter incident, Mr Hollande's children are no longer on speaking terms with his new partner.