A school has offered "unreserved apologies" to a pupil prevented from making a speech at school about being British, while wearing a union jack dress.

The 12-year-old, who attends Bilton School in Rugby, wore the outfit for Culture Celebration Day on Friday.

Her father, Stuart Field, said: "My daughter felt like there was an issue, she felt like it was something she shouldn't have done. That's what is wrong about this whole situation."

A spokesperson for the school said: "We deeply regret the distress this has caused and offer our sincere and unreserved apologies."

Mr Field said in a Facebook post, he picked his daughter up early from school after the incident.

Discussing the reaction to the incident, Mr Field said he had had messages of support from across the globe.

"I've had hundreds of people reaching out to me from all over the UK, as well as Australians, I've had Polish, people from America all reaching out," he said.

"And there's a common thing - we should be able to send our kids into school to celebrate British culture and history."

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