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Oxford students vote to remove Queen s portrait from common room due to colonial history

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has dubbed the move "absurd," but the college s president has defended student s right to "free speech."

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Oxford College Group Removes Queen s Photo Due to Colonial History

Chris Jackson/Getty Images 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.

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Oxford students vote to remove portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, citing Britain s colonial history

© Getty Images Oxford University students have voted to remove a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II from a common room due to concerns about Britain s colonial history, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. Students at Oxford s Magdalen College expressed concerns about the deception of British monarchy and their colonial history. The students decision to remove the portrait led to massive backlash from critics who ve called for the university to condemn the students, adding that England’s history shouldn’t be erased, according to the Post. ADVERTISEMENT Magdalen President Dinah Rose shared in a series of tweets on Tuesday that it was the students decision to make, adding that students in the past bought the portrait of the monarch in 2013 and displayed it in their common room.

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Oxford college students vote to remove Queen Elizabeth s photo from their common room, saying she represents colonial history

Oxford college students vote to remove Queen Elizabeth s photo from their common room, saying she represents colonial history INSIDER 2 hrs ago © Chris Jackson/Getty Images Queen Elizabeth in 2015. Chris Jackson/Getty Images 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.

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