Marine Le Pen was overcome with emotion while attending ... handed the reins of the party over to his daughter in 2011. She went on to expel her father from the party just four years later ...

Family members, including his daughter Marine Le Pen, now the leading far-right figure in France, other National Rally party officials and longstanding supporters gathered inside the church.

Marine Le Pen has expressed regret for expelling her late father from the far-right party he founded. Le Pen admitted she ...

In 2015, he repeated the quote, saying he “did not at all” regret it, leading to a new conviction in 2016, just after he was expelled from the party he founded by his daughter. Le Pen ...

she said. Le Pen challenged the decision in the courts, but failed. The father-daughter relationship reportedly remained strained, though Marine Le Pen has been discreet over family affairs.

Earning respect has been high on the National Rally’s agenda in recent years. Mr. Le Pen’s daughter, Marine Le Pen, took over leadership of the party in 2011, and kicked out Mr. Le Pen in 2015.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said she will never forgive herself for expelling her father Jean-Marie Le Pen from her ...