Shaidat Olufowobi, pictured, said two staff at The Savoy questioned her over her Muslim head scarf

A teenage girl said she was left 'crying and shaking' after managers at The Savoy ordered her to remove her Muslim headscarf while serving customers or go home.

Shaidat Olufowobi, 18, from Bermondsey, south-east London, was working at the prestigious London hotel for an agency when the disagreement happened.

She claimed she was approached twice and questioned about her headscarf, which she said was required as part of her Muslim faith.

Ms Olufowobi spoke out about her ordeal and said the hotel should offer her a full apology and make a donation to a charity of her choice. She said: 'First off, a staff member called it a bandana, as if it were a gang thing or a fashion choice.

'He confronted me in front of everyone. It was so embarrassing. So many people were watching and I was really scared.

'I told him it was for my religion and he looked sceptical.

'Then, midway through my shift, a completely different person came over and said there was a problem with the headscarf.

'He pulled me aside when I was serving a customer and, when I would not remove it, he said I should leave.'

Ms Olufowobi said this was the first time she had suffered discrimination.

She added: 'I know this sort of thing happens in France, where they have different rules regarding headscarves. But it should not happen in London in 2015.'

A spokeswoman for the Savoy said : 'We are aware of a misunderstanding that took place between a colleague, supplied by an agency, and The Savoy.

'We worked together with the agency to resolve the misunderstanding.'

She added: 'Obviously there have been discussions about it with the lady that worked for us through an agency with whom we have had a long relationship.

'The Savoy has a lot of different multi-cultural staff here and we don’t usually have any problems of this kind.'

The hotel has been criticised by the charity Tell MAMA, which defends Islamic people against racism.

The charity’s director Fiyaz Mughal has written to the hotel management, saying : 'Section 13 of the Equality Act (2010) makes clear that direct discrimination involves treating someone less favourably because of their protected characteristic - in this case, the religious belief and Hijab (headscarf) of Shaidat.

'We have advised Shaidat of some of her basic rights on this and she can also take legal advice on this, as we have advised.

'We would like to add that Shaidat was later found crying and shaking by one of her friends.

'After a conversation with her today, her confidence has been severely shaken by the actions of managers in the Savoy Hotel.'