Eton has apologised after boys were said to have subjected visiting state schoolgirls to racial slurs during a speech by Nigel Farage.
The ex-Ukip leader, TV host and anti-immigration provocateur had been invited to the £30,000-a-year public school for an event, at which he told the BBC the atmosphere was “riotous”.
The school apologised for the “totally unacceptable” behaviour by its pupils during the event.
It came after claims were made online by an anonymous social media poster who said they were a parent of one of the girls subjected abuse.
They said Eton pupils had booed and jeered at the girls, who were visiting from a nearby state school, for “taking up space in the lecture theatre”.
And they said the girls were subjected to “racial slurs” and “generally misogynistic comments”.
They said the behaviour of the Eton pupils was “awful” and they had cheered Farage’s “worst comments on migrants and Covid”.
"My daughter thought it explained a lot about why this country is in the state it is in. Their behaviour was awful," they wrote.
Farage was invited to speak by the school’s Political Society.
Eton’s events calendar for the event last Friday evening reads: “‘We need political reform now' - Nigel Farage, former leader of the UKIP party offers a unique take on the current state of Westminster parliamentary politics and Britain post-Brexit.”
"The behaviour of some Eton pupils at a recent talk by Nigel Farage was totally unacceptable and Eton has apologised unreservedly to those affected," the college said in a statement.
"Eton demands that all our pupils treat others with decency and respect.
"That did not happen on this occasion and the school has investigated and sanctioned a number of pupils.
"The Head Master has addressed all boys to reinforce the school’s expectations."
