 Capitalising on anti @-@ French sentiment , the paper went on to discuss Bảo Đại 's upbringing in France , claiming that he was already womanising as a teenager because of his European upbringing . Bảo Đại later married an ethnic Vietnamese French citizen , who became Empress Nam <unk> , who had been raised Catholic . The editorials accused her of being a French agent and claimed she had treated the queen mother badly , a serious character flaw as Confucianism strongly emphasized respect for elders . Hong Van went on to claim that Bảo Đại 's sequence of Gallic lovers was an indication that colonial officials were successfully using sex to turn the head of state into a puppet of France . 
