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France is on course for a historic triumph by a far right party this Sunday, even though Marine Le Pen’s National Rally looks set to fall short of an outright majority. Yet for Le Pen it comes at a price: renouncing her political heritage with her eyes on the bigger prize. The 55-year-old’s transition from fringe to frontrunner has been due in large part to her willingness to discard some of the more unsavory aspects of her legacy: Where the overt racism of her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, condemned him to no better than a distant second place, she has sought to soften some of his more divisive rhetoric and to reassure the business community over her economic policies. Read about the National Rally leader’s makeover here.