“Wear what you want.”

A makeshift beach was set up by protesters on the doorstep of the French embassy in central London on Thursday after several coastal towns in France imposed a ban on the burkini, a swimsuit that covers the whole body.

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Several demonstrators at the protest – which was open to women only and organised by campaigners on Facebook – said the ban is "anti-women and Islamophobic".

Around 100 campaigners, supporters, and onlookers gathered outside the embassy as children and women dressed in burkinis, bikinis, and other beachwear items played in the sand for around an hour.

The message reads: "Are you burkini beach body ready?"

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Some women had travelled from across the UK, including from Brighton and Whitstable, to be at the protest.

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