Brigitte Macron's daughter arrives at court for her mother's defamation trial

Brigitte Macron's daughter told a court that 'constant attacks' online claiming that the French first lady was born a man had adversely affected her mother's health.Tiphaine Auziere, 41, said her mother 'has to pay attention to what she wears, how she holds herself because she knows that her image can be distorted,' at the trial of ten people accused of cyber-harassment.The trial comes after President Emmanuel Macron and his wife filed a defamation lawsuit in the United States at the end of July, in connection with a false claim amplified and repeated online that Brigitte Macron was assigned male at birth.Ms Macron, 72, told investigators the rumour had greatly impacted her and her family, especially her grandchildren who were told their grandmother was a man. The first lady's lawyer had asked her daughter to testify.