Amid Media Outrage, Japanese Zoo Apologizes For Naming Its New Monkey After Princess Charlotte

According to a report on Mailonline, a Japanese zoo has been forced to apologize for naming a baby monkey Charlotte after the British Royal Princess following floods of complaints that the name was disrespectful. Mount Takasaki Wild Monkey Park asks the public to vote for the name of the first Macaque monkey born every year and announced on Wednesday that it would be named Charlotte.

It was the most popular choice but the name hadn't received a single vote before Monday, when the name of the Royal Princess Charlotte was announced. Since then, the zoo has since been flooded with complaints that it's disrespectful to the British Royal Family.

A zoo official said:

'The name was publicly solicited and Charlotte suddenly became the most popular choice with 59 votes out of the total 853 after the British baby princess's name was announced. There was no vote for 'Charlotte' before the Monday night announcement. Since we announced the name we've been receiving calls and emails from people mostly complaining that it is rude to British people to give a monkey the same name as a member of their royal family.'

Officials confirmed that the zoo in southwestern Oita, south west Japan, on the island of Kyushu, is now considering the option of renaming the baby monkey.