The school has said a number of its pupils have been ‘sanctioned’ following the incident.
‘An interesting night but my daughter thought it explained a lot about why this country is in the state it is in.‘The school have had an assembly on it and issued an apology but damage done.’
Prince William and his brother, the Duke of Sussex, both attended Eton, as did the former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. A second unnamed Twitter user, who claimed to offer a first-hand account of the incident, said the story had been ‘blown out of proportion’ and amounted to a ‘complete misrepresentation of the truth.
Posting on Twitter, they alleged: ‘The reality is that one or two boys decided to make offensive/misogynistic/racist comments, all of whom were internally sanctioned. From a first-hand account, the main issue was the poor organisation of the event, which led to most of the behavioural issues.The school caters for some 1300 pupils divided into 25 houses, each one overseen by a housemaster chosen from the senior ranks of the staff, who number around 160.
In a statement, Eton College said: ‘The behaviour of some Eton pupils at a recent talk by Nigel Farage was totally unacceptable and Eton has apologised unreservedly to those affected.‘That did not happen on this occasion and the school has investigated and sanctioned a number of pupils.Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at
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