“Chicken, Fries and Slippers”: Alain Delon’s Weekends in Douchy as Told by a Former and Famous Assistant

“Chicken, Fries and Slippers”: Alain Delon’s Weekends in Douchy as Told by a Former and Famous Assistant

A former accomplice of Davina, Véronique de Villèle was a close friend of Alain Delon. For Galaon newsstands this Thursday, September 26, the one who became known to the general public thanks to Gym Tonic agreed to share some of his memories with the late Samurai. And especially Douchy, this house that meant so much to the actor who died on August 18th surrounded by his family including his three children Anthony, Anouchka and Alain-Fabien. Véronique de Villèle, who was the assistant of the couple Delon and Mireille Darc, talks about the weekends in Alain Delon’s fiefdom. She was also one of the few guests present at Alain Delon’s funeral in the chapel of this same estate, where he now rests.

“He was the sweetest, calmest guy in the world.she confides. He could walk around in slippers with a big worn sweater like we like to wear in the countryside..“As for lunch, it evokes a Sunday meal well known to all, and especially concocted by Alain Delon himself.”And even though Mimi cooked better than him, he made us his chicken and chips.“, she says. The icon of Jean-Pierre Melville therefore liked to get to work in the kitchen when the weekend came.”He also had a huge games room installed with a real bowling alley, which still exists, table football, a tennis game on a screen“, she reports. Véronique de Villèle seems to remember it as if it were yesterday: “I spent whole afternoons playing with him. In the summer it was swimming in the pool.“

Véronique de Villèle: her special relationship with Anthony Delon, son of the star

Thanks to this proximity, she naturally got to know the actor’s children, starting with Anthony Delon, whom she has known since he was little.Our connivance came from the fact that he did all the forbidden bullshit with me.she said of the eldest of the siblings. As driving the Mini-Moke to Douchy. As soon as we had passed the first bend, out of sight of his father, he would come onto my lap and then take my place. I also taught him to swim and dive.“Did she keep in touch with the Delon clan when she stopped working for them as an assistant?”Yes, a few years ago, he would call me at 7 o’clock in the evening and say: ‘I’m coming to your place, you can make me a plate of pasta.’“, she says. Like all those close to and less close to the Cheetahshe was greatly affected by his recent disappearance.

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A former accomplice of Davina, Véronique de Villèle was a close friend of Alain Delon, for whom she worked as an assistant. For “Gala”, on newsstands this Thursday, September 26, the actress who became known to the general public thanks to Gym Tonic agreed to share some of her memories with the late Samouraï. Véronique de Villèle, Alain Delon and Marc-Olivier Fogiel at the Palais Chaillot in Paris

And especially Douchy, this house that meant so much to the actor who died on August 18 surrounded by his family including his three children Anthony, Anouchka and Alain-Fabien. Fans pay tribute to Alain Delon at 5 p.m. by singing the song “Paroles Paroles” with the rain coming just at the end as a sign in front of the actor’s property at the time of his funeral in Douchy-Montcorbon on August 24, 2024. © Baptiste Autissier / Panoramic / Bestimage

Véronique de Villèle, who was the assistant of the couple Delon and Mireille Darc, recalls the weekends in Alain Delon’s fiefdom. “He was the most adorable, calm guy in the world,” she confides. “He could walk around in slippers with a big worn sweater like we like to wear in the countryside.” Archive – Alain Delon – Bavarian evening organized in honor of Axel Ganz, March 15, 2012.

Thanks to this proximity, she naturally got to know the actor’s children, starting with Anthony Delon, whom she has known since he was little. “Our complicity came from the fact that he did all the forbidden stupid things with me,” she says about the eldest of the siblings. Exclusive – Anthony Delon, Véronique de Villèle – Pascal Desprez (creator of “Enfants à Coeur – Mireille Darc”), Professor Alain Deloche (Founder of the Chaîne de l’Espoir) and Doctor Eric Cheysson “President of the Chaîne de l’Espoir”) are pleased to invite us to the auction of exceptional photographs for the benefit of the association “La Chaine de L’Espoir, Enfants à Coeur – Mireille Darc” at the Cornette de St Cyr auction house in Paris on October 11, 2018. © Giancarlo Gorassini/Bestimage (No Web – No Blog for Switzerland and Belgium)

On the lunch side, she mentions a Sunday meal well known to all, and especially concocted by Alain Delon himself. “And even if Mimi cooked better than him, he made us his chicken and chips,” she says. The Jean-Pierre Melville icon therefore liked to get behind the stove, when the weekend came. Semi-exclusive – Alain Delon and Véronique de Villèle – Celebrities at the inauguration of the Ferris wheel in Paris, France, on November 17, 2017. © Coadic Guirec/Bestimage

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Fans pay tribute to Alain Delon in front of the gate of his property in Douchy-Montcorbon during his funeral on August 24, 2024. © Baptiste Autissier / Panoramic / Bestimage

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