Japanese zoo apologizes for naming monkey after royal baby

A Japanese zoo is backtracking under fire after naming a newborn baby monkey Charlotte, the same name given to the new royal baby, Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana.

The Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden insists it wasn't monkeying around with the naming process for the baby macaque. Rather, the zoo held a public vote and, thanks to the happenstance timing of the royal baby's birth, Charlotte suddenly shot to the top of the poll. Still, the zoo says it may pick a new name after receiving complaints from people who found it offensive to name Charlotte (the monkey) after Charlotte (the human.)

"We deeply apologize for causing trouble to many people over the naming of the first baby," the zoo said in a statement, according to The Associated Press. "We take these opinions seriously."

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