UK mothers have staged a mass “nurse-in” at London’s five-star Claridge’s hotel in Mayfair, after a woman was told to cover up while breastfeeding her child at the property.
The disgruntled protesters want the hotel to issue an apology and change its policy on breastfeeding after a woman was told to cover her baby’s head with a napkin while dining at the hotel’s restaurant, to avoid offending other patrons, Sky news reported.
According to the paper, Claridge’s later said it “embraces” breastfeeding but wants mother’s to be “discreet toward other guests”.
The UK organisation Free to Feed launched the breastfeeding protest outside the Mayfair hotel last week, which then sparked a national debate with one UK political figure, Nigel Farage, saying mothers could “sit in the corner” in restaurants to avoid upsetting people.
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