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Visiting the Elysée on Tuesday, the Emir of Qatar Tamim ben Hamad Al Thani impressed with his size, alongside President Emmanuel Macron and Kylian Mbappé.
The Emir of Qatar is used to public appearances. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani regularly goes to the Parc des Princes to watch PSG play, a club obviously owned by the small emirate through its sovereign investment fund. It was also he who gave the World Cup trophy to Lionel Messi on December 18, 2022 at Lusail Stadium, after a fatal penalty shootout for the France team.
But it is with his large size that Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani impressed those who followed his visit to the Elysée on Tuesday evening, the guest (and powerful ally) being welcomed in the courtyard of the presidential palace by Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron . It must be said that the head of state of Qatar stands at 1.91 m! Which stands out alongside a French president who measures (approximately) 1.73 m…
Much bigger than Mbappé
Emmanuel Macron and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani then welcomed Kylian Mbappé and the PSG star player also appeared quite short alongside the Qatari emir, with the French team captain measuring 1.78m.
During this visit to the Elysée, we also discovered that Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani spoke French well. ” How are you ? Everything is fine ? », he said, all smiles, to Mbappé. The 43-year-old Qatari, in power since June 2013, attended school in the United Kingdom from secondary school, before graduating from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, where British Army officers are trained.
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