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Students at Oxford s Magdalen College voted to remove a photo of Queen Elizabeth from a common room.
They said the Queen and the British monarchy represent recent colonial history.
The vote comes amid a larger reckoning of the royal family s racist past.
Graduate students at Magdalen College at the University of Oxford voted on Monday to remove a photo of Queen Elizabeth from their common room, saying depictions of the monarch and the British monarchy represent recent colonial history, the Oxford Mail reported.
Education secretary Gavin Williamson responded to the vote on Twitter, calling the decision simply absurd.
Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, President Ronald Reagan, and first lady Nancy Reagan in 1982. Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images
Reagan was the first US president to stay overnight at Windsor Castle. In his memoir, An American Life, he called the visit a fairytale trip.
The Queen wore light blue again when President George H.W. Bush and first lady Barbara Bush paid a visit in 1989. Prince Philip, first lady Barbara Bush, President George Bush, and Queen Elizabeth in 1989. JONATHAN UTZ/AFP via Getty Images
Years later, in 1993, the Queen awarded Bush with an honorary Knight Grand Cross.
She wore a red skirt suit with black detailing to tea with the Clintons at Buckingham Palace in 2000.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in Australia in 2018. Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are very pleased to announce that The Duchess of Sussex is expecting a baby in the Spring of 2019, the couple announced via Kensington Palace s official Instagram account on October 15, 2018. Their Royal Highnesses have appreciated all of the support they have received from people around the world since their wedding in May and are delighted to be able to share this happy news with the public.
In February 2021, they shared they were expecting their second child with a black-and-white portrait taken at their California home.
Prince Philip died Friday at 99.
The BBC paused its usual schedule to air tributes and news about him over the weekend.
The broadcaster received a record 100,000-plus complaints about this coverage, reports say.
The BBC received a record-breaking 110,994 complaints for its coverage of the death of Prince Philip, The Guardian reported Monday.
Following news that the Duke of Edinburgh had died Friday, the BBC shelved its normal programming schedule in favor of special news bulletins and tributes.
His death was covered around the world, but many Brits were upset that their favorite BBC TV and radio shows had been interrupted or postponed.