Baguette your facts straight

BONNE Fête Nationale! It's Bastille Day - the French national holiday remembering its bloody revolution.

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It all kicked off on July 14, 1789, when insurgents stormed the Bastille prison in Paris.

But what else do you know about the nation that gave us the baguette, stethoscope and hot air balloon? MEG JORSH pops on her beret to give you the facts...

KING OF THE ROAD

French King Louis XIX clocked up the shortest reign in royal history. The monarch, inset, born Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, spent just 20 minutes on the throne before abdicating, after his dad Charles X stepped down in July 1830.

SPRING INTO SUMMER

The Eiffel Tower is 6in taller in the summer than during the winter. The 1,083ft Paris landmark, designed by Gustave Eiffel in 1887, is made of wrought-iron, which expands in the heat.

SHARP SHOOTER