Her father, an army officer, retired on grounds of ill health in 1938 and moved with his family to Plestin-les-Grèves in Brittany; he died in 1939.
Seu pai, oficial do exército, retirouse por motivos de mala saúde en 1938, e foi a vivir coa súa familia a Plestin-les-Grèves, na Bretaña; morreu en 1939.