Top-selling British newspaper The Sun on Tuesday changed its name to "The Son" to honor the arrival of a baby boy for Prince William and his wife, Kate.

The rest of Fleet Street marked the occasion with souvenir editions, with The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Star and The Daily Express all splashing the headline "It's a Boy" across front-page photographs of the new mother.

The Sun, which carried a headline declaring that "the regal has landed", explained its name change.

"We've never changed The Sun's name before and we'll never do it again," it said.

"But not many kings are born in anyone's lifetime. It seems a fitting way to mark such a momentous event.

"So congratulations, William and Kate, from your No 1 Sun - on your No 1 son."

It added that Britain had "grown to love" William and Kate.

"Yesterday they secured the future of the British monarchy for another generation," the newspaper said. "We wish them every joy."

AFP

(China Daily 07/24/2013 page10)