She was born in Trier, Germany, where her father was stationed with the Army of Occupation in the Rhineland.

General de Gaulle, who was normally undemonstrative and stoic in his affections for his family, was more open and extroverted with Anne.

De Gaulle would entertain her with songs, dances, and pantomimes.

")[3] On 22 August 1962, Charles de Gaulle was the victim of an attempted assassination at Petit-Clamart.

He later said that the potentially fatal bullet had been stopped by the frame of the photograph of Anne that he always carried with him; placed this particular day on the rear shelf of his car.