Historian Mary Beard has revealed she was 'insistently' told to strip down to her 'scrappy undies' at Heathrow's security gate. The airport has now apologised to the 64-year-old Cambridge classicist after she gave them a dressing down on social media. She declined to go into further detail about the event and told MailOnline she did not wish the situation to escalate. Professor Beard wrote: 'I am tough, and I have no desire to see the staff concerned told off (so I am carefully not telling you which terminal). One person replied: 'Hi Mary, others are not as tough as you, and could be utterly horrified/humiliated if asked to strip in public!

Source: Daily Mail October 30, 2019 11:33 UTC