The BBC, facing a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit threat from Donald Trump, has decided to tackle a really big issue, of accidentally referring to the woman known by millions of people around the world as Kate Middleton as Kate Middleton.

The national, state-funded broadcaster, which retains a royal liaison officer responsible for coordinating royal coverage with the palace, issued the simpering apology to Catherine, Princess of Wales.

A representative for Catherine told The Royalist on Monday that they had not complained about the usage, after a beady-eyed editor at the Daily Beast spotted it.

The apology was made as Trump threatens to sue the BBC for $1 billion over how it edited a tiny segment of a documentary it aired about his political comeback in October 2024.

The Kate apology sugg

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