And, in a break from Brexit news, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has almost set fire to the First Lady of Rwanda.
Jean-Claude Drunker, the 64-year-old was briefly overwhelmed by the solemnity of commemorating the Rwandan genocide – or distracted by problems with a large flame at the end of it.
Having just read the Flame of Hope, he came to the fore, Jeannette Kagame, wife of Rwandan president Paul.
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As if not sure about what to do with the long ago, the European Commission president seemed to look for badistance, absent-mindedly trailing the torch around him as he did so.
Mr and Mrs Kagame seemed to flinch and dodge backwards to the flames of the First Lady, before going away from the front of the European Commission.
The still-burning torch was removed to a safe place, some distance away from Mr Juncker, who managed to complete the rest of Sunday's ceremony without any further accidental slapstick.
Thus was Mr Juncker able to return to Brussels to play his part, on Wednesday night, in extending the run of an already very long-running British farce around the theme of Brexit.