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Liam O'Dell
May 07, 2023
Irish PM Leo Varadkar appears to pick his nose during King Charles III's coronation
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The coronation of King Charles III on Saturday came with all the pomp, pageantry and regalia you would expect from a royal ceremony, but it turns out one high-profile individual invited to witness the historic moment was seen ‘digging for gold’.
Leo Varadkar, the Irish prime minister (also known as the Taoiseach), was captured on camera picking his nose, inspecting his finger for contents, and then going back for a second go.
Grim.
The scenes come just days after Mr Varadkar told Irish politicians during a question and answer session in parliament that the United Kingdom is “a constitutional monarchy” and the position is “supported by the majority of its people”.
“I think that’s something we should respect," he said.
“Monarchies sometimes become republics – Barbados was the latest to do that – but they do when their people want to change their system of government, and the majority of people in the United Kingdom want a constitutional monarchy with a democratically elected parliament and government and I think we should respect their choices."
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All this talk about respect, and yet Mr Varadkar was seen doing something during the coronation which isn’t exactly respectful of the monarchy or particularly professional.
And Twitter users rightly squirmed when they caught sight of the Irish PM picking his nose:
\u201c@caulmick Horrible human being\u201d— Mick Caul (@Mick Caul) 1683398723
\u201c@caulmick He makes me gag\u201d— Mick Caul (@Mick Caul) 1683398723
\u201c@caulmick I can't get over that he looked at it and then went back in for another dig around.\u201d— Mick Caul (@Mick Caul) 1683398723
\u201c@caulmick Saweeeet Jezisssss \ud83d\udc40\ud83e\udd22is that man\u2019s hand ever out of his nose\ud83e\udd2e\ud83e\udd2e\ud83e\udd2e Fvckn near elbow deep in \ud83e\udd2e\ud83e\udd2e\ud83e\udd2e\ud83e\udd2e\u201d— Mick Caul (@Mick Caul) 1683398723
\u201c#SnotMyTaoiseach\u201d— David (Dublin onlyfans) (@David (Dublin onlyfans)) 1683419833
\u201cTrying desperately to find any shred of integrity or human decency. Alas there was none to be found \ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\u201d— Roibeard Breathnach \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea (@Roibeard Breathnach \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea) 1683400714
\u201cLeo Varadkar picks his nose all the way in to Westminster Abbey.\n\nHe\u2019ll shake hands with people without washing his hands.\n\nWhat a filthy individual!\u201d— Angie B \ud83c\udff4\u200d\u2620\ufe0f\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea (@Angie B \ud83c\udff4\u200d\u2620\ufe0f\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea) 1683379035
\u201cI assumed we\u2019d all decided after the previous times Leo Varadkar\u2019s been filmed ardently picking his nose in public that someone should pop a packet of tissues into his pocket every time he goes outside.\n\nApparently not.\n\nApologies to anyone who shook hands with him after this.\u201d— Seamus Ryan (@Seamus Ryan) 1683411667
It isn’t the first time Mr Varadkar has been spotted having a dig around in public. Back in 2021 he was snapped on the phone and appearing to pick his nose while at London’s Mighty Hoopla festival.
Somebody please give the man a pack of tissues…
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