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Iona Young

Edinburgh tourist fuming after shirtless street performer kisses him on lips

An Edinburgh tourist appeared to be fuming after a topless street performer approached him and kissed him on lips at St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile.

The strange incident was caught on camera where you can see the street performer who appears to have just finished a set at the city square when he takes his t-shirt off, walks over to a tourist sat on a nearby bench and plants a kiss on his lips.

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In the odd clip the middle-aged man strolls over casually before removing his yellow shirt and kissing the older man sitting on a bench with his wife.

The person filming the video clip can be heard going 'eww' as the incident happens. Then the man who has just been kissed kicks the performer and pushes him away.

The family on the bench unlucky enough to receive the kiss appear to have been sitting in the square and enjoying the show that has just finished.

After being pushed away by the tourists the performer walks back to his stuff as his trousers are falling down and half of Edinburgh are given an unsolicited glimpse of his back side.

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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe wraps up today after a long four weeks of theatre, family fun and crowds.

There will be no Edinburgh International Festival fireworks display to mark the end of the festival this year, due to the organisation not having enough time to plan after the lockdowns, but the Military Tattoo fireworks display will run for longer and is on at around 10.15pm.

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