French President François Hollande accused of scooter-driven trysts with actress France's President François Hollande on Friday threatened legal action against French celebrity magazine Closer for breach of privacy after it alleged he was having an affair with a film actress. The weekly tabloid, criticized in 2012 for publishing topless pictures of Kate Middleton, Britain's Duchess of Cambridge, printed seven pages of photos of comings and goings outside a Paris apartment block to support its allegation. François Hollande greatly deplores the invasion of his privacy, to which he has a right as any other citizen does. He is studying what action, including legal action, to take following this publication," a source in the president's office said. The source did not directly deny the story, however. While the French have long been indulgent of their leaders" infidelities, the pictures were an unwelcome distraction for Hollande as he battles to revive the euro zone's second largest economy and faces record low approval ratings in opinion polls. A woman, who the publication said is actress Julie Gayet, 41, is seen arriving at the apartment block at night. The pictures then show the arrival of a man resembling Hollande's bodyguard. A second man - which Closer said was Hollande - then arrives on the back of a scooter. He is unidentifiable because he is wearing a black helmet. Subsequent photos taken in the morning show the first man arriving with what Closer said was a bag of croissants, then the second man in a helmet emerging and jumping on the back of a scooter. The woman resembling Gayet, who has acted in French films including the 2013 comedy "Quai d'Orsay" when she plays a vampish diplomatic adviser in the foreign ministry, then comes out and heads off down the street. There was no immediate comment from Gayet's lawyers. She filed a complaint for breach of privacy last March after rumours of an affair became public. The source in Hollande's office did not comment on the veracity of the story. Hollande, who came to office in 2012 and who polls show is the most unpopular president in France's modern history largely because of his failure to turn around the weak economy, is in a long-time relationship with ex-journalist Valerie Trierweiler, who has assumed the functions of France's first lady. A lawyer for Trierweiler declined to comment. Hollande has four children from a previous relationship with Ségolène Royal, a senior member of his Socialist Party and a 2007 presidential candidate. Royal announced their separation just after she lost the 2007 election to Nicolas Sarkozy.