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Breastfeeding mum told to ‘cover up’ in museum of naked statues

Published 14:35 6 Aug 2017 BST

Jade Hayden
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Seriously?

Talk about ironic. This mum was visiting the Victoria and Albert (V&A) art museum in London when her baby started to get hungry. She said she "flashed a nanosecond of a nipple" before she was approached and told to "cover up" by a member of staff. https://twitter.com/vaguechera/status/893793544221143040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirror.co.uk%2Flifestyle%2Ffamily%2Fbreastfeeding-mum-told-cover-up-10935856 She said she found this particularly confusing due to the fact that she was inside a museum full of naked statues. It wasn't long before the tweet went viral, gaining over 4,000 retweets and more than 7,000 favourites in under a day. The museum's director, Tristram Hunt, took to the social media platform to offer his apologies to the mum. He said: https://twitter.com/TristramHuntVA/status/893851956040650753 She responded that perhaps he should train his staff better, and wished him a #HappyBreastFeedingWeek. Brilliant.

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