French President Nicolas Sarkozy secretly wed singer and ex-model Carla Bruni in a ceremony at the Elysee Palace last week, sources reported Monday.

A source close to a witness at the wedding reportedly told the French newspaper L'Est Republicain that the pair married in on Thursday at the palace. Sarkozy's communications director Franck Louvrier gave the paper an official no comment when asked about the reported nuptials.

"It was a low-key ceremony," the source said according to the Daily Mail. "Both the President and his new wife looked extremely happy."

Bruni and Sarkozy have dominated front pages in recent weeks. The president, divorced less than three months ago from his second wife Cecilia, hinted last week that he planned to marry Bruni after delivering his New Year's speech on Jan. 8.

"There's a good chance you'll find out about it when it's already happened," he said, according to reports.

Sarkozy, nicknamed the "bling-bling president" by the media, reportedly gave Bruni a pink heart-shaped diamond Dior engagement ring, while she offered him a Swiss-made Patek Philippe watch.