French President Emmanuel Macron was so determined to hold
his own umbrella at a rain-dampened event outside the Elysee Palace that he
shooed away aides three times when they tried to take it from him.
Reuters
Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic spoke to reporters before
a meeting with Macron when a female aide came out and handed the French leader
a black umbrella. Macron took it and held it over his Slovakian guest.
In the video, a second
female aide is seen offering to hold the first umbrella for Macron. He gestured
to her that there was no need.
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When the two men finished speaking to the media and turned
to walk back up the steps into the Elysee Palace, a military aide approached
and offered to take Macron’s umbrella. Macron ignored him and kept holding it
over Matovic.
Reuters
The second female aide then came back and again offered to
take the umbrella, but Macron again brushed her off. He finally surrendered it
when he got to the top of the steps on his way inside and needed both hands
free to put on his mask.
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All Inputs Reuters