In Sunday 16th edition of the 'Mail On Sunday' (UK), there is the following article on 's name change.
The article reads:



PRINCE OF WAILS



The Artist Formerly Known As Prince is furious that so many people still call him, well, 'Prince'.
Despite his highly successful album 'Symbol' having the lead track, 'My Name Is Prince', the singer has, of course, renounced the name in favour of the symbol - a combination of the ancient male and female signs.
But this business of only referring to the symbol, or 'The Artist', is proving a headache for his lovely wife, Mayte. In order to get his attention at home, she says, she must stand in front of him and wave.
'If you must say what I call him,' she tells reporters, 'I call him Honey.'