‘F**k you and the Queen’: Conor McGregor’s controversial post about the poppy

In the post he said he didn’t need ‘a stupid little flower’ to represent his country, but it is the closing line that is most attention-grabbing.

Never one to mince his words, Conor McGregor has attracted a lot of attention with a strongly worded post discussing the remembrance poppy.

The flower is widely worn in the UK in November to honour fallen soldiers, but some Irish people prefer not to wear it due to its association with the British Army; Republic of Ireland footballer