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Mothers staged a mass "nurse-in" outside Claridge's hotel in London to protest over an incident in which a woman was asked to cover herself up when she was breastfeeding in the restaurant.
The demonstration, organised by Free to Feed, was in protest at the Mayfair establishment's treatment of mother-of-three Louise Burns, 35, who was told to cover her baby's head with a napkin when she was breastfeeding during tea.
Claridge's has said it "embraces" breastfeeding, but requests that women are "discreet towards other guests".
The incident sparked debate about whether it is acceptable to breastfeed in public, with Ukip leader Nigel Farage being one of the political figures to wade in with their opinions.
He used his LBC phone-in show to suggest mothers could "sit in the corner" in restaurants to avoid offending people.
The Ukip leader insisted it was "not too difficult" to feed a child in a way that was "not openly ostentatious".
Around 40 mothers braved freezing conditions to sit outside the hotel's grand front doors and feed their infants.
