President Macron, spends £8,000-a-month on makeup

Emmanuel Macron, spent £8,000 a month of taxpayers' money on make-up since becoming President of France, it emerged today.

The 39-year-old, who was a prize-winning actor as a student, has signed off all the bills, saying an attractive public image is essential.

But critics said it all pointed to a vain head of state who was spending excessively 'to hide his real face'. Mr Macron, the youngest president of France since Napoleon, is using a make-up artist known only as 'Natacha M'.

Le Point news magazine reported that she had already put in two separate bills, one for the equivalent of £9,000, the other for £15,000.

A spokesman for the president said: 'We called in a contractor in as a matter of urgency', adding that Natacha M had also assisted Mr Macron during his presidential campaign.

UCJ, UNILORIN.