Royal Albert Hall apologizes after couple refused entry over Palestine lapel pin

LONDON: The head of London’s Royal Albert Hall has apologized to a couple who were denied entry to a concert because of the husband’s Palestinian lapel pin, The Guardian reported on Friday. Roger Cauthery, 81, and his wife Angele then stood in the foyer for 15 minutes before a supervisor — who overruled the earlier decision — arrived. Cauthery said: “We felt extremely upset, not to say humiliated, by their behaviour towards us. I’m a middle-class ex-public school boy brought up to believe that Brits are decent and law abiding and that one can live one’s life freely.

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