It seems as though nothing is too sensitive or personal for the Ingham Family to share on YouTube with their 1.38million subscribers.
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Family → seem → subscribers
Influencer parents Chris and Sarah have posted everything from footage of the birth of their son Jace in hospital in 2019, to video tours of their home and vlogs of countless family holidays with their six children aged between two and 21.
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parents → post → two
But now it appears that their willingness to broadcast every detail of their lives has landed the family in hot water.
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willingness → appear → water
For furious viewers have hit out at one of their latest videos, calling it ‘horrific’ and ‘disrespectful’ for including clips from Auschwitz that break the museum’s filming policies.
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that → hit → policies
Titled ‘A Weird Sombre Day for Mum & Isabelle’, the video posted last Wednesday included footage from Sarah, 40, and her 21-year-old daughter Isabelle’s trip to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Poland.
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video → title → Poland
At the beginning of the video, Sarah told the camera: ‘I’m not sure what we will be able to film while we’re in here today, but anything that we are able to or we feel appropriate to will obviously be done with respect.’
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we → tell → respect
It appears the Ingham Family, who are originally from Yorkshire and now split their time between Britain and Dubai, failed to check the museum’s filming policy as the website explicitly states that permission is required to film for commercial use, including on social media and YouTube.
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permission → appear → media
Scenes from the video show the shoes of victims who were murdered at the concentration camps, along with the bunks and bathrooms that prisoners were forced to use, accompanied by narration from Sarah.
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prisoners → show → Sarah
Titled ‘A Weird Sombre Day for Mum & Isabelle,’ the video included footage from Sarah, 40 and her 21-year-old daughter's trip to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum
Scenes from the video show the shoes of victims who were murdered at the concentration camps, along with the bunks and bathrooms that prisoners were forced to use
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prisoners → title → that
It’s a place for honour, reflection, and hope for a kinder world,’ she said.
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she → ’ → world
Despite Sarah’s best efforts, viewers were quick to post scathing comments pointing out that the footage was being used inappropriately.
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footage → post → comments
‘I’m disgusted that you chose to film at Auschwitz,’ wrote one viewer.
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viewer → ’m → Auschwitz
‘It is a place where more than a million people were murdered and it deserves solemnity and respect.
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it → murder → solemnity
‘I sent your footage to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum.
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I → send → Memorial
They have confirmed to me that you should not have filmed there and said they will be taking further action.
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they → confirm → action
I hope you take that seriously, remove the footage and reflect on why filming it was so inappropriate,’ they added.
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they → hope → it
Another wrote: ‘Why would you film inside Auschwitz?
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you → write → Auschwitz
It’s not a place for “content”.
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It → ’ → content
An anonymous source who was previously close to the Ingham family told me: ‘The video doesn’t shock me.
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video → tell → me
They don’t have any respect for anyone but themselves.
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They → have → themselves
They only do things now for views.
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They → do → views
‘They’ve done things and not got permission for them before including filming in theme parks, shopping centres and a caravan park.’
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They → do → parks
After confirming that the Ingham family had breached its filming guidelines, a spokesman for the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum told the Daily Mail: ‘Filming and photography at the Memorial are subject to specific rules intended to protect the dignity and character of the site, as well as the rights and interests of the museum.
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Filming → confirm → museum
‘After a thorough analysis of the material, the museum will determine what steps may be taken against the creators of the recording.’
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steps → determine → recording
Flying in the face of the museum’s policy, Sarah states facts about Auschwitz in the video including: ‘The Nazis used it to systematically imprison and murder the people that they targeted.
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they → fly → that
Influencer parents Chris and Sarah have an audience of 1.38 million subscribers on YouTube, where they post vlogs featuring their six children aged between two and 21
Alongside content from Auschwitz, the video includes other general vlog footage from the family’s day in Poland such as clips of father, Chris, 42, giving his young children sparklers to play with and footage of their daughters Esme, 17, and Isla, 14, visiting a coffee shop.
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daughters → have → shop
The family are yet to address the angry comments about their video, although they have since posted three new vlogs, including one about their 14-hour drive home from Poland to Britain and another thanking viewers for watching content from their trip.
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they → address → trip
In a video uploaded this weekend, titled ‘Update..’, Sarah did not acknowledge any negative comments.
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Sarah → upload → comments
Instead, she thanked supportive fans for following the family’s caravan holiday.
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she → thank → holiday
Sarah said: ‘We just wanted to put a vlog up to say thank you so much to every single one of you for following along on this trip with us.
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We → say → us
It has definitely been my favourite trip we’ve ever done and I’ve had the best time ever.’
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I → do → time
The Ingham Family have been contacted for comment.
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Family → contact → comment
This is hardly the first time the Inghams have faced a furious backlash about their content.
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Inghams → face → content
The YouTuber family have previously been criticised for filming in public places, including once at a public swimming pool.
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family → criticise → pool
In 2019 they were accused of using their children as ‘cash cows’ after they sold a life-like doll replica of their newborn son Jace.
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they → accuse → son
The standards of their childcare has also been called into question on a number of occasions, including when Chris and Sarah left then four-month-old Jace unattended on the beach in Salou, Spain, to swim in the sea as well as allowing their children to miss school to go on family holidays.
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children → call → holidays
Rumours also swirled in 2018 when a number of teenage fans alleged that Chris exchanged inappropriate messages with them, including trying to convince a 16-year-old named Jess Simpson to meet up with him alone at night in Florida.
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Chris → swirl → Florida
Chris has denied allegations that he behaved in a predatory manner towards young fans.
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he → deny → fans
In a video from August 2018, which has since been deleted, he said: ‘Have I ever done anything that could be classed as sexually grooming somebody?
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that → delete → somebody
And in June this year I revealed that the Ingham Family Ltd owes £137,000 in unpaid corporation taxes to HMRC, although they regularly post about their lavish home and lifestyle in Dubai.
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they → reveal → Dubai
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