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A couple were asked not to kiss in McDonald's in Cambridge, after it was claimed a complaint had been made.

An 18-year-old woman from Cambridge, who wishes to remain anonymous, was told by a manager in the fast food chain on Newmarket road, that they had received a complaint after she kissed her boyfriend on the cheek on Friday (October 26).

The teenager's mum, told Cambridgshire Live that she couldn't believe what was she was hearing.

"I thought 'are you serious?' I asked the manager 'are you seriously telling my daughter she cannot kiss her boyfriend in your restaurant?' and he said 'yes, I am'," she explained.

"The three of us were just sat waiting for our food and the manager came over and told us there had been a complaint made about my daughter kissing her boyfriend.

"The manager said 'can you stop kissing each other?' as the person who complained said it was offensive in front of children."

The mum said her daughter started to get paranoid after the encounter.

"My daughter was then asking if she could even cuddle her boyfriend now, saying 'I don't know what to do,'" she continued.

"She was really paranoid and upset and so was her boyfriend."

The boyfriend has a five-year-old sister and after the complaint was raised he said she often watches cartoons and Disney films which have kissing in.

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"All three of us were upset by what had happened," the mum said.

"I would like to add that if this was a same sex complaint, the outcome would be taken a lot more seriously, but even still I feel that what the three of us experienced is something which needs to be addressed.

"I believe a point needs to be made that our country is taking a massive backwards step as far as public shows of affection are concerned.

"It's not right. It makes you wonder what's next? What are we teaching our children, that they can't kiss or cuddle their boyfriends in public?"

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McDonald's is an extremely popular restaurant and gestures of affection are not uncommon.

The Mirror reported that people have even held their wedding reception in some branches.

Joseph Shapton and his wife Louise, invited 30 guests to one of the restaurants in Hertfordshire in 2016.

A McDonald's spokesman said: "Acting on a customer complaint our restaurant manager politely made two customers aware that he had received a complaint about their behaivour.

"The two customers agreed that they would stop and remained in the restaurant to finish their meals."

McDonald's in Cambridge has also been in the news recently after students found maggots in sauce dispensers.