Prince William

The release of the Mother's Day photo was not meant as a proof of life. However, any clever communications person should have known it would be taken that way and closely scrutinized by the public.

Prince William received a large payout in 2020 from Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper arm in an alleged phone hacking case, according to court documents made public Tuesday.

His said "racism has no place in our society" as he sought to prevent the backlash over his godmother's treatment of a Black advocate for survivors of domestic abuse from overshadowing his U.S. trip.

The protest comes a couple of days after dozens of prominent leaders in Jamaica publicized a letter demanding that Britain apologize and award its former colony slavery reparations.

The BBC "made lurid and false claims about the Royal Family which played on her fears and fueled paranoia," Prince William said, adding that it also made his parents' relationship worse.

The new prince was born Monday and weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces. Mother and child are "both doing well," Kensington Palace announced.

Echoing the British royal family's announcement, a Japanese zoo said its newborn macaque also would be called Charlotte, after the name got the most votes in an online poll. Complaints were made.

Born over the weekend, the baby girl weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces and is fourth in line for the British throne.