Dear Dr Anthony Freeling and the Senior Members of Hughes Hall,

We, the undersigned, are writing to express our deep concern with the designation of Prince Andrew as an Honorary Fellow of Hughes Hall.

Hughes Hall prides itself upon an ‘inclusive culture that promotes equality, values diversity and maintains an environment for study, work and living in which the rights and dignity of all its members are respected’^[1]. Such a statement is inherently difficult to achieve without exception; nevertheless, we feel that the College should be commended on how far it does go towards realising this ambition. However, fundamental to its fulfilment is a zero tolerance policy towards harassment, and sexual misconduct. We, therefore, believe the appointment of Prince Andrew as an Honorary Fellow is in direct conflict with the College’s values and threatens the very culture we all strive to create.

We do not wish, and do not have, to make allegations against the Prince. Already in public light is evidence enough of a man that fails to condemn harassment and sexual misconduct. Amidst a University-wide movement to improve how such complaints are dealt with, our association with the Prince is concerning. It adds to fears that such complaints will not be taken seriously; a rhetoric that the University has so badly failed to overcome, even in recent years.

We accept that there are no new allegations against the Prince; questions surrounding his associations and behaviour existed for many years before he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship at Hughes Hall in 2018. What is changing, however, is recognition of the gravity with which allegations of sexual assault, misconduct and harassment must be dealt with, and which many institutions (including this University) have so woefully failed to do, causing victims inexplicable hurt and allowing continued perpetration of such behaviour.

We make our plea to this College, which we so very much wish to see live up to its ambitious and admirable aspirations, to review the status of Prince Andrew as an Honorary Fellow.

We do appreciate that removing a Royal Honorary Fellow is a complicated matter that must be navigated with great sensitivity. Therefore, at this time, we are expressing our concern with the Prince’s involvement with Hughes Hall and implore you to review all possible choices. We would welcome an ongoing and open discussion between the College and the student body on this matter.

No edits to the content of this letter will be accepted. A locked version may be found here and signees should refer to this version before signing: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OnX63yE-Y6LdFGqJeWCicuzjCMuS677k/view?usp=sharing

Signed,

Members of Hughes Hall (including present students, alumni [with matriculation year], fellows and staff)

1. Lydia Collas, Environmental & Ethical Affairs Officer of Hughes Hall MCR
2. Paulina Librizzi, Social Secretary of Hughes Hall MCR
3. Rachel Hosking, Female Welfare Officer of Hughes Hall MCR
4. Constantinos Kazamias, Vice - President of Hughes Hall MCR
5. Alexandra Entwistle-Thompson, President of Hughes Hall MCR
6. Marco Egle, Male Welfare Officer of Hughes Hall MCR
7. Patrick Simon Perillo, Secretary of Hughes Hall MCR
8. Miodrag Stamboldziev, MPhil in Real Estate Finance
9. Ben Beach, MPhil Architecture & Urban Design
10. Shuling WANG, PhD in Education
11. Christian Delev, LLM International Law
12. Andy McKay, Medicine
13. Zitian Song, MPhil in Finance
14. Oliver Holmes-Gunning, BA in History of Art
15. Mark Watts, Medicine
16. Charlie Edmonds, MPhil in Architecture & Urban Design
17. Ioannis Zachos, MRes in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment
18. Cassius Clark, MRes Graphene Technology (2018), PhD Chemistry
19. Samuel McIlhagga, MPhil in Political Thought and Intellectual History
20. Basma Greef, PhD in Medicine
21. Davedass Mootanah, EMBA
22. Mark Allen, PhD in Engineering
23.  Christian Keime, PhD in Classics
24.  Elisa Roth, PhD in Engineering
25.  Amalie Ambrosius Hoegfeldt, BA in HSPS
26.  Jenson Deokiesingh, Equality Officer of Hughes Hall MCR
27.  Jordan Hawkesworth, PGCE, Secondary Latin with Classics
28.  Robert Will, PhD in Medicine
29. Adrian Erasmus, PhD in History and Philosophy of Science
30.  Gabriel Duckels, PhD in Education
31.  Hugh Whelan, BA (Affiliate) Law
32.  Irene Yu, Academic Officer of Hughes Hall MCR
33.  Seema Nath, PhD in Education
34.  Imogen Binnian, PhD Biological Sciences, HHBC Women’s Captain
35.  Marina Avena Maia, PhD in Chemical Engineering
36.  Jodie Rawles, PhD in Psychiatry
37.  Charlie Bentley-Astor, BA in English
38.  Stuart Heyworth, EMBA
39.  Meiling MacDonald-Nethercott, CGCM
40.  Jonas Gottschalk, MPhil Sociology
41. Anais Levin, MPhil Medieval and Renaissance Literature
42. Sara Mustafa, MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development
43. Abraham Nash, MPhil in Translational Biomedical Research
44. Alex Rossiter, MPhil in Public Policy
45. Isabel Wessel, MPhil in Heritage Studies
46. Deborah Spindelman, PhD in Education
47. Alexandre da Trindade e Oliveira, PhD in Education
48. Philip Luther-Davies, PhD Candidate in Sociology
49. Daniel Antón García, PhD in Chemistry, President of Hughes Hall MCR 2018-2019, Student Bar Supervisor
50. Ethan Hemming, BA in Human, Social, and Political Sciences
51. Cristian van Eijk, BA affiliate in Law
52. Tamay Besiroglu, MPhil in Economics
53. Irina Mindlina, CGCM
54. Yee Zhuan Jin, BA Natural Sciences
55. Nicola Gorringe, PhD in Plant Sciences, LGBTQ+ Officer of Hughes Hall MCR
56. Yihua Chen, MFin at Judge Business School
57. Ismail Sami, PhD Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, HHBC Safety officer
58. Hannah Schofield, Early Primary PGCE
59. Mary Adikwu, BA in Law
60. Celeste Chan, BA Affiliate in Law
61. Anand Sundar, MPhil in Music
62. Peter Wright, PhD in Chemistry
63. Joshua Reilly, CGCM
64. Matthew Moroz, MPhil in Clinical Neurosciences
65. Sarah Slye, PhD in History
66. Luiza Leao Soares Pereira, PhD in Law
67. Nicholas Symons, MBA
68. Diego Azurdia, PhD in Spanish and Latin American Studies
69. Andreas Schachner (2016), PhD Theoretical Physics (now Trinity Hall)
70. Yanshu Zhang, Mphil in World History
71.  Beatriz Santos Barreto, PhD in Latin American Studies
72. Jiaqi Feng Guo, PhD in Education
73. Naomi Reid-Evans, PGCE, Secondary Design and Technology
74. Simon Krzysiak, BA in Mathematics
75. Ana-Mariya Vasileva, CGCM
76. Rakesh Modi GP and PhD candidate in Public Health and Primary Care
77. Beth Pasfield BA in Law
78. Holly Sutherland (2017), MPhil in Linguistics
79. Juliet Turnbull, General Primary PGCE
80. Abinayah John, MPhil in Genomic Medicine
81. Lia den Daas (2018), MSt in Applied Mathematics
82. Ali Al-kulabi, CGCM
83. Harriet Smith, PhD Medical Sciences
84. Meg Healy, MPhil in Archaeology
85. Tim Heard, Mst in Social Innovation
86. Tom Johnson, BA in Classics
87. Jennifer J. Bitting, PhD in Engineering, MCR’s Hughes Hall Christian Society Rep.
88. Pippa Frizzelle, BA (Affiliate) Law
89. Albert Sanders, MPhil in English Studies
90. Colm Ó Riada, PhD in Engineering, Hughes Hall Boat Club Overall Captain
91. Stef Wenlock, PhD in Pathology
92. Iain Bower, PhD in Algal Biology
93. Oliver Antczak (2017), MPhil in Archaeology (Heritage Studies)
94. Charlene Laidley, MST in Entrepreneurship, Founder  Cambridge University Female Entrepreneurs
95. Tanweer Khan, MST in Entrepreneurship
96. Daniel David Jordan, PhD in Music
97. Toni Barnett, CGCM
98. Molly James, BA Natural Sciences
99. Felix Parsons, BA History and Politics
100. Mila Wolpert, MPhil in Heritage Studies
101. Ifan Williams, PhD in Physics
102. Nicolai van der Steen, BA in Philosophy, Social Secretary of Hughes Hall's MCR
103. Ben Williams, BA in MML
104. Civia Chen, PhD in Clinical Neurosciences
105. Nina Kloss, PhD in Chemistry
106. Hannah Fielding, MPhil Modern British History
107. Fiona Fitzpatrick, PhD in Biological Science
108. Jon Wood, PhD in Architecture
109. Merle Chappell, MPhil in Multidisciplinary Gender Studies
110. Indigo Orton, PhD in Computer Science
111. Yasmine Kamen, PhD in Biological Sciences
112. Kelly Stewart, BA English
113. Jack Byrne, MPhil Translational Biomedical Research (2018)
114. Lea Dudouet, MPhil Sociology of Reproduction
115. Fotis Vergis, (2010) LLM, PhD in Law
116. Adriana Dhabha, MSt in Social Innovation
117. Eelco Fiole, MSt in Social Innovation
118. Marta Napiorkowska, PhD in Biochemistry
119. Hector Pollitt, PhD candidate in Land Economy
120. John Freeman, PhD in History
121. Tom Boekestein, President of the Hughes Hall Law Society
122. Yiren Zhang, PhD in Education
123. Freya Rock, MPhil in Criminology
124. Swati Keshri, PhD in Medical Genetics
125. Jane O’Connor, MPhil in Sociology
126. Daniel Wales, PhD in Economics. (MPhil, 2013)
127. Senthuran Bhuvanendra, PhD in Philosophy
128. Hendrik Hoelzer, MPhil Planning, Growth & Regeneration
129. Kelsey Graber, PhD in Education
130. James Che, PhD in Haematology
131. Francesca Messeri, MPhil in Environmental Policy
132. Zohim Chandani, MASt in Theoretical Physics
133. Frida Winzell, BA in Politics and International Relations
134. Olivia Godber, MPhil in Political Thought and Intellectual History
135. Diana Robinson (2018), MBA
136. Samuel Armstrong, General Primary PGCE
137. Marco Piccolo, LLM International Law
138. Eric Rogers, MPhil in Education
139. Jonah Zankl, MPhil (2018), PhD in Management Studies (St Catharine’s), Men’s Captain Hughes Hall Boat Club
140. Dr Harry Holkham [Medicine 2015-2019]. MCR President 2017-2018
141. Yacine Abed, MPhil in Architecture & Urban Design
142. Samuel Crawshaw, PhD in Plant Science
143. Robert Stockton (2017), MPhil in English (American Literature)
144. Adrianna Wong, MPhil Medical Science (Clinical Neurosciences)
145. Dr Sarah Pickin MB BChir
146. Mickaelle Alves, CGCM
147. Luca Villa, PhD in Psychiatry
148. Felicity Clarke (2018), MPhil Environmental Policy
149. Osten Mah, MPhil in Planning, Growth and Regeneration
150. Amy Ainsworth (2018), MPhil European Literature
151. Yu Ri Im, CGCM
152. Alasdair Knight, MASt Earth Science
153. Raisa Kumaga (2016), MPhil Education
154. Aaron Bermange (2019), MPhil Development Studies
155. Catherine Gryffenberg, Secondary PGCE, Design and Technology
156. Santiago Sanchez (2018), MPhil Chemistry
157. Alex Schymyck (2018), LLM
158. Lauren Ferreira, Secondary PGCE, Religious Studies
159. George Stratford, Secondary PGCE, Science
160. Eleanor Craggs, MPhil Economics
161. Costanza Sironi, 2018 MPhil in Engineering
162. Romain Tirole (2018), MASt in Physics
163. Sam Hampson (2017) MPhil in Comparative European Literatures and Cultures
164. Alejandro Martin Rodríguez (2017) Mphil in International Relations and Politics
165. Inca Jacobs, (2017) MPhil Education
166. Alana Baker (2017) MPP
167. Alisha Cramer (2013) PhD in Physics
168. Oliver Morriss (2018), LLM