From 1981, she rented and lived for a few years in a mill (the "Moulin Neuf") in the French village of Chaumot, Yonne, which had belonged to Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony in the late 18th century and which depended on his princely castle.Jim Serre Djouhri, "De Hollywood au Moulin Neuf, dans les pas de l'actrice Leslie Caron", Bulletin des Etudes Villeneuviennes n °57, Société Historique, Archéologique, Artistique et Culturelle des Amis du Vieux Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, 2022. From June 1993 until September 2009, Caron owned and operated the hotel and restaurant Auberge la Lucarne aux Chouettes (The Owls' Nest), in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, about south of Paris. Caron's mother had committed suicide in her 60s; suffering from a lifetime of depression, Caron also considered doing so in 1995. She was hospitalized for a month and began attending Alcoholics Anonymous. Unhappy with the lack of acting opportunities in France, she returned to England in 2013.
From 1981, she rented and l:ived for a few years in a mill (the "Moulin Neuf") in the French village of Chaumot, Yonne, which had belonged to Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony in the late 18th century and which depended on his princely castle.Jim Serre Djouhri, "De Hollywood au Moulin Neuf, dans les pas de l'actrice Leslie Caron", Bulletin des Etudes Villeneuviennes n °57, Société Historique, Archéologique, Ar,tistique et Culturelle des Amis du Vieux Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, 2022. From June 1993 until September 2009, Caron owned and operated the hotel and restaurant Auberge la Lucarne aux Chouettes (The Owls' Nest), in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, abo.ut south of Paris. Caron's mother had committed suicide in he.r 60s; suffering from a lifetime of depression, Caron also considered doing so in 1995. S?he was hospitalized for a month and began attending Alcoholics Anonymous. Unhappy with the lack of acting opportunities in France, she returned to England in 2013.