They agreed to get rid of the picture from their common room because she "represents recent colonial history," it has been reported. Barrister Dinah Rose, president of the Oxford institution, defended students' right to "free speech and political debate". Members of the Magdalen College Middle Common Room, which is made up of graduate students, overwhelmingly voted to remove the picture from their common room. On Tuesday evening, Mr Williamson tweeted: "Oxford University students removing a picture of the Queen is simply absurd. On its website, Magdalen College Middle Common Room describes itself as "one of the biggest graduate communities of the traditional Oxford Colleges".

Source: Daily Mirror June 09, 2021 16:53 UTC