QUIRKY WORLD: Royalists go ape as newborn monkey is called Charlotte

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QUIRKY WORLD: Royalists go ape as newborn monkey is called Charlotte

JAPAN: A monkey born in a Japanese zoo is to keep its name Charlotte.

Oita city officials had to settle a national debate over whether calling the monkey Charlotte offended its British royal namesake.

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