Graduate students at Magdalen College in Oxford have voted to remove a portrait from the wall of their common room which has been there since 2013.

However, the Oxford University college has given the Royal family a warm welcome in recent years.

The Queen visited in 2008, and Prince William was welcomed in 2016 when he also visited the Weston Library and Blavatnik School of Government.

Prince William on a visit to Magdalen College in 2016

Prince William on a visit to Magdalen College in 2016

In November 2008, hundreds of students and staff gathered at the college to welcome the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.

Undergraduates, lecturers and visiting fellows assembled in St John’s Quad for the Royal visit marking the college’s 550th anniversary.

The royal visit was the culmination of a series of celebrations to mark the anniversary.

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The Queen and Prince Philip were driven into the quad and greeted by Prof David Clary, president of Magdalen College, and his wife Heather.

They were also greeted by Dr Ralph Walker, vice president of the college, and Mark Blandford-Baker, the home bursar.

Students and staff entered a ballot to have lunch with the Queen and Prince Philip, with 120 winning tickets from 900 entries.

Mr Blandford-Baker said at the time: “It’s a great honour for the Queen to visit to mark the 550th anniversary of the college.

“She last visited here in 1948, when she was Princess Elizabeth, and on that day she visited lots of colleges and was awarded an honorary degree by the university.

“I have seen the schedule — it looks exhausting.

Prince William visited Magdalen College, the Weston Library and the Blavatnik School of Government in 2016

Prince William visited Magdalen College, the Weston Library and the Blavatnik School of Government in 2016

“The Queen is having lunch with 120 students and staff who entered the ballot which was very popular — about three quarters of the students entered it and so did a lot of the staff.”

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Mr Blandford-Baker said the Queen was being presented with a copy of Hidden Magdalen, a book edited by Dr David Roberts about various treasures of the college.

Kizzie Fenner, 20, a third-year law student, said: “I love the Queen, this is a very exciting visit.”

Oliver Holton, 21, a final-year chemistry student, was one of the junior common room committee members meeting the Queen.

He said: “I never thought I would get to meet the Queen. It’s one of the perks of coming here.”

The Queen also visited the Children’s Hospital at the John Radcliffe Hospital, in Headington, in the afternoon and officially opened the John Radcliffe's West Wing.